Better Lawns and Gardens

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Better Lawns and Gardens episodes

August 02 S2 Ep467: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Summer Pest Update August 2, 2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Guest host Tom MacCubbin interviews Roi Levin, Vice President of Environmental Pest & Lawn Services, who provides and update on summer pests, including chinch bugs. Tom’s Dirty Word of the Day is "Nitrogen". Garden topics and listener questions include moths, when are watermelons ripe, how to get rid of nutsedge and spurge, tomatoes, billbugs in zoysia, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx

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Landscape designer Teresa Watkins, host of Florida’s most popular garden radio show, Better Lawns and Gardens, leads exciting garden tours visiting beloved public and private gardens across America, as well as iconic and historic gardens abroad. Join Teresa in 2027 for unforgettable garden adventures! Art in Bloom Garden Tours

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Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s

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40 min
August 02 S2 Ep466: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Summer Garden Questions August 2, 2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Guest host Tom MacCubbin and producer Lizzie Steele guide listeners through a lively, information‑packed gardening hour focused on navigating Florida’s summer conditions and preparing for the upcoming fall season. Tom shares his Top Five vegetables to plant and answers listener’s garden questions about declining petunias, blackberry pruning, lubber grasshoppers, leggy plants under grow lights, getting rid of wasps, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx
Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s

Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for 2026 and 2027. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list.
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Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. 0.

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40 min
July 11 S2 Ep465: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Sahara Desert Dust and Coral Reefs July 11, 2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Better Lawns and Gardens host Teresa shares the unexpected benefits of the Saharan Desert Dust to Florida’s coral reefs. Teresa explains the Dirty Word of the Day – Oligotrophic. Garden topics and listener questions include can gourds be planted in Florida, bountiful Seminole pumpkins, lawn sweepers, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx
Saharan Desert Dust and Coral Reefs

Landscape designer Teresa Watkins, host of Florida’s most popular garden radio show, Better Lawns and Gardens, leads exciting garden tours visiting beloved public and private gardens across America, as well as iconic and historic gardens abroad. Join Teresa for unforgettable garden adventures! Art in Bloom Garden Tours

Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins
Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s

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40 min
July 11 S2 Ep464: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Summer Garden Questions July 11 2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Landscape designer and garden expert Teresa Watkins welcomes Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery, for a conversation about summer landscape tasks, the importance of trace minerals for plant health, and common gardening “don’ts.” Teresa’s Top Five zinnia varieties from Burpee that beat the heat! Teresa highlights what to plant and tackle in your July landscape. Garden questions and topics include soil tests, Azomite, proper pruning of deadwood, sunflowers, watermelon, re-braiding Bougainvillea and not blooming, thin ixora bush, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx
40 min
July 04 S2 Ep463: Best of Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 How to Test Your Soil July 4, 2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert Teresa Watkins is joined by Dr. Bryan Unruh, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center. Dr. Unruh announces a new and easier soil test kit for homeowners. Available at every UF/IFAS County Extension office, Amazon, and on SoilTest website. Dirty Word of the Day is naturalized. Teresa answers gardening questions on timing of apple trees, propagating Dracaena arboreas, Gerbera daisy not blooming, pruning leggy azaleas, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7
Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s

Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for 2026 and 2027. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list.
Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins

Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://tinyurl.com/bdszsha5
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40 min
July 04 S2 Ep462: Best of Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Citrus Foliar Feeding July 4, 2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins discusses June maintenance for citrus with Dana Venrick, Quality Green Specialist Nursery. including foliar feeding to help citrus trees resist citrus greening. Teresa discusses her recent garden tour of the Best of English gardens and the Chelsea Flower Show, reblooming daylilies, repotting Australian Tree Fern or plant it, Dracena pups, and oyster plant decline, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7

Citrus greening solutions
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Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s

Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for 2026 and 2027. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list and register right on the website. Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7

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40 min
June 27 S2 Ep461: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Gardening with the Fourth of July June 27,2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Better Lawns and Gardens host Teresa celebrates early the Fourth of July holiday playing with producer Lizzie Steele, “Independence Day Gardening Trivia.” Teresa explains the Dirty Word of the Day Solarization vs Occultation. Garden topics and questions include watermelon vines, variety of Yaupon Holly known as ‘Liberty Tea’, reasons for crape myrtle not blooming, avocado tree, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx
Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s

Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for 2026 and 2027. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list.
Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins

Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. 0.

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40 min
June 27 S2 Ep460: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Summer Gardening June 27, 2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins discusses summer gardening, including intense heat, expanded SJRWMD watering restrictions, the upcoming second full Gator Moon, and much-needed rainfall. Teresa's Top Five Patriot Gardeners. She shares July planting tips and answers questions about lava rock mulch, avocado tree recovery, potted elderberry, weeds in planter soil, privacy hedge options, tomato disease, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx
Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. Sustainable Horticultural Environments

Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for 2026 and 2027. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list.
Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins

Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://tinyurl.com/4u6cbwhx
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40 min
June 20 S2 Ep459: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Citrus: A Gardeners' & Fruit Lovers' Guide June 20, 2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Better Lawns and Gardens host emeritus Tom MacCubbin talks with garden writer and landscape expert, Lance Walheim, about his newly revised Citrus: A Gardeners’ & Fruit Lovers’ Guide. Lance has great news for homeowners who want to grow citrus. Tom’s Dirty Word of the Day is “aphid,” and answers a garden variety of questions. Garden topics and questions include colorful red, white, and blue, patriotic annuals, tomatoes, mangos, when to harvest pineapples, citrus, Bismarck palm winter damage, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx

Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://www.she-consulting.com/
Teresa leads new and bucket list garden tours announced! Florida Spring Break for Gardeners, Newport Flower Show, The Artiste Gardens of France, Chelsea Flower Show, Highland Gardens of Scotland, the Fall Foliage and Gardens of North Carolina, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Art in Bloom Garden Tours

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Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s

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#WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKowManure
41 min
June 20 S2 Ep458: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Summer Fun in the Garden June 20, 2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Better Lawns and Gardens host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin and producer Lizzie Steele discuss weather, first day of summer, Father’s Day, and share the pros and cons of chickens vs. turkeys. Tom lists the Best Cities for Urban gardening and his Top Five shrubs that survived the winter freeze. Garden topics and questions include staking tomatoes, building an arbor, new variety of dark purple caladium, what Tom is doing in his garden this month, how often to mow grass, hibiscus, tropical fruit trees, frost blankets, mealy bugs, weeds, zinnias, and more. Better Lawns and Gardens
Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://www.she-consulting.com/
Explore Art in Bloom Garden Tours and discover our 2027 travel experiences. Join Teresa as she leads fellow garden enthusiasts on unforgettable trips to some of the finest private and public gardens across the country and around the world. https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/
Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins

Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. Better Lawns and Gardens

#WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow
40 min