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Better Lawns and Gardens episodes

January 19 S2 Ep419: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Winter Nutrients Jan 17 2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Florida winter temperature records set with snowfall in the Panhandle! Garden expert, Teresa Watkins and Dana Venrick, Quality Green Specialists Nursery talk about what gardeners should fertilize with now to protect their plants. Teresa’s Top Five drought tolerant trees. Garden topics and questions include winter weather, frost blankets, Arbor Day, hummingbird migration, 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
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

Our 2026 Art in Bloom Garden Tours are now available! Join Teresa for these distinctive and enjoyable national and international garden experiences, perfect for finding inspiration. https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/

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January 11 S2 Ep418: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Garden Fit January 10, 2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Garden expert Teresa Watkins interviews Madeline Hooper, host of Gardenfit, about how to find joy rather than discomfort when gardening. Madeline shares simple advice for exercising properly in the garden. Dirty Word of the Day is Florilegium. Garden questions and texts include Art in Bloom Garden Tours, Indian jujube, young gardeners, spraying pear tree, insect control; benefit of Spanish needles, planting an avocado with Black Kow Cow manure, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7
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Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7 am - 9 am EST.
Call in with your garden questions 1.888.455.2867, or text 23680.

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January 10 S2 Ep417: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Your Garden Questions Jan 10, 2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy New Year! Better Lawns and Gardens host Teresa Watkins and Producer Lizzie Steele catch up after a holiday break. Cold front and rain next week. Teresa’s Top Five native plants that flower in winter. Teresa provides what to plant in January. Garden questions and texts include types of evergreen turf, African violets, what to use to stop rabbits from eating calibrachoa, yellow passionflower not fruiting, tomatoes aren’t producing fruit, and more https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7
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Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7 am - 9 am EST.
Call in with your garden questions 1.888.455.2867, or text 23680.

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40 min
January 03 S2 Ep416: Best of Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Garden Trends for 2026 January 3, 2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by the effervescent Katie Dubow, President of Garden Media Group on her predictions for 2026 garden trends. Teresa’s Dirty Word of the Day is Kusumi. Garden topics and questions include what to do in your landscape this month, plant identification, tall varieties of tomatoes, fertilizer, how to collect soil for testing, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxxSign 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://bit.ly/2YRBbsT

Art in Bloom Garden Tours New garden tours announced! #Semiquincentennial once in a lifetime, Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures!

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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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39 min
January 03 S2 Ep415: Best of Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Herbicides January 3, 2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Host Emeritus Tom MacCubbin joins Teresa to discuss the latest herbicide update on Roundup and the available herbicides to use on artillery fern and other weeds. Garden questions include yellowing foliage on hibiscus, herbicides, repositioning a 30-year-old staghorn fern, Foxtail palms’ brown fronds, watering orchid before cold weather; cutting back crape myrtles so close to house, does wind chill affect plants, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7

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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://bit.ly/3c1f5x7

#WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow
40 min
December 27, 2025 S2 Ep414: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Happy New Year Special December 27, 2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Happy New Year! Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Tom MacCubbin and producer Lizzie Steele to discuss new ideas and gardening goals in 2026. New for Florida: Florida’s Full Moon names and symbols. Tom provides his favorite vegetables for 2026, Teresa’s personal favorite garden moments, Tom’s Top Five Landscape survivors, new scientific discoveries and news, 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://bit.ly/2YRBbsT

Art in Bloom Garden Tours New garden tours announced! Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Special discount offer!

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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#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
39 min
December 27, 2025 S2 Ep413: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Happy New Year Special Dec 27 2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Happy New Year! Helping Teresa Watkins celebrate the end of 2025 are Tom MacCubbin and producer Lizzie Steele. Teresa, Tom, and Lizzie discuss Christmas festivities, the record-breaking weather in 2025, garden bucket (pronounced ‘bouquet’) lists for 2026, and their best gardening moments in 2025, 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

Art in Bloom Garden Tours are up for 2026. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. New for 2026: The USA's Semiquincentennial Revolutionary Garden Tour, the iconic Chelsea and Newport Flower Shows, Artiste Gardens of France, and more.

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.
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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 #BlackKow
39 min
December 20, 2025 S2 Ep412: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Best Of Christmas December 20 2025
Best of Better Lawns and Gardens

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Dana Venrick, Quality Green Specialists, to discuss poinsettias, how to plant shrubs and trees in December. Dirty Word of the Day is Chill Hours. Gardening questions include how to calculate chill hours in your region, growing apples in Florida, herbicide use on ProVista, Starbust control, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7

Look for Better Lawns and Gardens New Year’s Special with Teresa Watkins, Tom MacCubbin and Lizzie Steele. Saturday, December 27th 7am – 9am.

Join Teresa on extraordinary and intimate tours at renowned gardens Art in Bloom Garden Tours The once-in-a-lifetime Semiquincentennial Revolutionary Garden Tour, the historic Chelsea Flower Show, the palatial playground of the rich, the Newport Flower Show and Martha's Vineyard, the fabulous gardens of Buffalo and Canada, Artiste Gardens of France, Brandywine Valley, New Orleans, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Special discount offer!

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://bit.ly/2YRBbsT

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://bit.ly/3c1f5x7

#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
39 min
December 20, 2025 S2 Ep411: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Merry Christmas From Florida December 20, 2025
Best of Better Lawns and Gardens.

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. It’s the Winter Solstice. Garden expert Teresa Watkins and producer Lizzie Christmas cookies, December’s cold temperatures, and is there anything you need to do in your garden right now. Teresa’s Top Five plants that hide utilities, a/c units. Garden topics and questions include scratched up Meyer lemons, pruning hibiscus, do seeds need to be cold-stratified, how to grow Donkey Ears, low-maintenance shrubs that only reach 3’ to 4’ tall, and more. https://bit.ly/4diIsZH

Look for Better Lawns and Gardens New Year’s Special with Teresa Watkins, Tom MacCubbin and Lizzie Steele. Saturday, December 27th 7am – 9am.

Join Teresa on extraordinary and intimate tours at renowned gardens Art in Bloom Garden Tours The once-in-a-lifetime Semiquincentennial Revolutionary Garden Tour, the historic Chelsea Flower Show, the palatial playground of the rich, the Newport Flower Show and Martha's Vineyard, the fabulous gardens of Buffalo and Canada, Artiste Gardens of France, Brandywine Valley, New Orleans, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Special discount offer!

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://bit.ly/2YRBbsT

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://bit.ly/3c1f5x7

#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
December 14, 2025 S2 Ep410: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Audubon Christmas Bird Count December 13, 2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Renée Wilson on the eve of the Audubon’s traditional Christmas Bird Count. Dirty Word of the Day is Semelparity. Garden topics and questions include what to plant in the month of December, ‘Phenomenal’ Lavender, time to fertilize mums, replacing lawn, pine mulch to prevent weeds, soil moisture meters, AI hostas, bluebird houses, 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://bit.ly/2YRBbsT

Art in Bloom Garden Tours New garden tours announced! Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Special discount offer!

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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#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

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