Better Lawns and Gardens

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By: Teresa Watkins

Better Lawns and Gardens host, Teresa Watkins, provides gardening advice, landscaping tips, interviews garden celebrities, and answers your questions on turf, flowers, shrubs, and trees.  Gardening information for gardeners who want to be sustainable and low maintenance! Topics and interviews include monthly gardening advice on Florida-friendly landscaping, water conservation, landscape design, themed gardens, new garden books, and colorful plants for sun or shade.  Saturday mornings 7am - 9am EST.  iHeart WFLA-AM 540 https://bit.ly/3594wWb The Better Lawns & Gardens Podcast drops every Monday! Subscribe so you don't miss an episode. Call with your questions at 1-888-455-2967 or text 23680. Sub...

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Bug‑Free Labor Day: Smart Outdoor Protection August 22, 2026
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Yesterday at 10:58 PM

From the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Landscape designer and garden expert Teresa Watkins, host of the award‑winning Better Lawns and Gardens, presents her Dirty Word of the Day: “Holometabolism.” She’s joined by Heather Stickney, National Sales Marketing Director for Summit Responsible Solutions, to share smart strategies for a bug‑free Labor Day weekend—perfect for picnics, parties, hiking, and camping. Teresa also highlights what to plant in August during the hottest stretch of summer, along with additional listener questions and insights. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 The Great Southeast Pollinator Census August 22, 2026
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Yesterday at 10:35 PM

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Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Landscape designer and garden expert Teresa Watkins, host of the award‑winning Better Lawns and Gardens, interviews Jeremy Rhoden, UF/IFAS Marion County Extension Urban and Horticultural Agent about The Great Southeast Pollinator Census. Teresa’s Top Five is good news for bees. Teresa answers caller’s garden questions on bees, tangerine issue, getting rid of nutgrass, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx 

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 The Pond Monster Water Gardening August 15 2026
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08/16/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Landscape designer and garden expert Teresa Watkins, host of the award‑winning Better Lawns and Gardens, presents her Dirty Word of the Day: “Monocarpy.” She’s joined by Lloyd Lightsey — The Pond Monster — owner of The Pond Monster water‑garden design and installation company, whose passion is “living the Pond Life” through creating stunning water gardens and koi ponds. Together, they dive into timely water garden design and maintenance advice. Teresa shares her August garden care, including what to do for fruits and vegetables during the hottest stretch of summer, plus more listener questions and insights. https...


Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 August in the Garden August 15, 2026
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08/16/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Landscape designer and garden expert Teresa Watkins, host of the award‑winning Better Lawns and Gardens, breaks down the Dog Days of Summer in the garden, highlights National Potato Day, shares Teresa’s Top Five vegetables to grow in water, and answers listeners’ gardening questions and texts.. Teresa answers caller’s garden questions and update on hanging watermelon, when to grow tomatoes, delicious “Wild Cherry” tomatoes, pigweed, tropical plants, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx 

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 August Garden Questions and Answers August 8, 2026
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08/09/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Landscape designer, garden expert, and Better Lawns and Gardens host Teresa Watkins explains how Saharan Desert Dust is influencing Florida’s weather patterns and highlights the state’s most destructive vegetable‑garden pest. She also introduces the Dirty Word of the Day, “heterodichogamous,” and answers listeners’ gardening questions. Topics include trimming winter-recovering mango trees, an update on a night‑blooming cereus, growing avocados, using bamboo as a screening wall, choosing the right soil for container roses, and additional timely garden advice.

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 August Garden Advice August 8, 2026
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08/09/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Landscape designer and garden expert Teresa Watkins discusses the upcoming weather and what to do in your landscape during August. Teresa shares how to grow carrots and her Top Five Purple Carrots to grow. Teresa answers caller’s garden questions about different varieties of figs to try, queen palms, substitute for Italian Cypress, thirty-year old azalea beds, fertilizing peach trees, gets an update on the recent declining ‘Phenomenal’ lavender, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx 

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Teresa's Top Tips on Tomatoes August 2, 2026
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08/03/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. It’s tomato season, and landscape designer, garden expert and host Teresa Watkins shares practical guidance on health benefits, how-to’s on growing tomatoes, and drying them for delicious use in the kitchen. The Dirty Word of the Day pertains to tomatoes:  “Locules.” Tereas responds to listeners’ gardening questions. Garden topics and listener questions include what to do in your landscape in August, oak branches dying, how to propagate a cordyline, why do marigolds in pots get spider mites, how to shape a tibouchina shrub into a tree, and m...


Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Edible Shrubs August 2, 2026
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08/03/2026

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 of Quality Green Specialist Nursery for a discussion on planting edible shrubs and fruit trees to plant in August. Teresa’s Top Five (But Not Favorite) common tomato issues. Teresa answers caller’s garden questions about amaryllis, getting rid of Bahiagrass, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx 

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Teresa's Top Tomato Tips July 25, 2026
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08/02/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. It’s hot, hot, hot! Landscape designer, garden author, and host Teresa Watkins provides her best advice on rainfall, irrigation amounts, and reducing stress for your established turf, new plants, new sod. Teresa’s Dirty Word of the Day is “Glomalin.” Garden topics and listener questions include what to do in your landscape in August, tropical spinaches, dying Norfolk Island Pine trees, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx
 
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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Wins Two Awards! July 25, 2026
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08/02/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Host Teresa Watkins and producer Lizzie Steele announce that Better Lawns and Gardens has won two Silver Laurel Awards by Garden Communicators International organization. Florida Full Bat Moon occurs on July 29th at 10:36am EST. Teresa’s Top Five is Off Beat and Wacky Art I Saw This Week on the Art in Bloom Garden Tour. Teresa’s topics include tropical spinaches and what to do in your landscape in August. Teresa answers listener’s garden questions about lavender, removing cactus prickly pear, and more. https://rb.gy/0hz...


Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Summer Pest Update August 2, 2026
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08/02/2026

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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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Summer Garden Questions August 2, 2026
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08/02/2026

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

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Sahara Desert Dust and Coral Reefs July 11, 2026
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07/11/2026

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

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Summer Garden Questions July 11 2026
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07/11/2026

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 


Best of Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 How to Test Your Soil July 4, 2026
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07/04/2026

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

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Best of Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Citrus Foliar Feeding July 4, 2026
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07/04/2026

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

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Gardening with the Fourth of July June 27,2026
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06/27/2026

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

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Summer Gardening June 27, 2026
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06/27/2026

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 

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Citrus: A Gardeners' & Fruit Lovers' Guide June 20, 2026
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06/20/2026

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
 
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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Summer Fun in the Garden June 20, 2026
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06/20/2026

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...


Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 The Science Behind Mosquito Bits June 13, 2026
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06/14/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Landscape designer and garden expert, Teresa Watkins interviews Heather Stickney, Summit Responsible Solutions National Sales Manager on the science behind Mosquito Bits™ and Mosquito Dunks™.  Lizzie updates on her turkeys. The Dirty Word of the Day is helpful in making organic and synthetic pesticides more efficient. Gardening questions include decline of a frozen Frangipani; struggling Bismarck; ants in container pots; dealing with different types of Bahiagrass, and more.  https://rb.gy/0hzjxx

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 June Gardening Questions June 13, 2026
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06/14/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Garden expert Teresa Watkins and Lizzie welcomes the return of the summer rainy season and celebrates Lizzie and Shrek’s 30th wedding anniversary. She reveals her Top Five “Summer Lovin’ Beach Plants.” Garden calls and topics include June gardening tasks, update from Beverly’s lack of rain and Gingko tree, oregano pruning, encouraging amaryllis to bloom, what to do to take care of watermelon while on vacation, container garden, buddleia, mixing Pensacola Bahia and Argentina Bahia, and more.
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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Random Acts of Gardening June 6 2026
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06/10/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Garden expert and host Teresa Watkins is joined by Melanie Koester, president of the Manatee River Garden Club, to discuss the club’s Random Acts of Gardening outreach in celebration of National Gardening Week, June 7–13, 2026. The Dirty Word of the Day is “Sucker.” Additional topics include amaryllis rust disease, Mosquito Dunks™, shade trees, rooting hormone, and more.
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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Best Father's Day Gifts For Gardeners June 6, 2026
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06/06/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.Garden expert Teresa Watkins and Lizzie talk about Lizzie’s cucumbers, tomatoes, and turkeys. Teresa and Dana Venrick, proud dad and owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery, discuss herbs, shrubs, and trees that make thoughtful Father’s Day gifts or a meaningful tribute to a father who has passed. Teresa also shares her Top Five Father’s Day gifts. Additional topics include June gardening tasks, D-Day poppies, and more.  https://rb.gy/0hzjxx 

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 The Chelsea Flower Show May 30, 2026
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05/31/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. This week, garden expert and host, Teresa Watkins explores standout trends from the Chelsea Flower Show, including new plants and fresh design inspiration. The Dirty Word of the Day is “Tapestry Lawn.” Gardening topics include growing vincas, caring for Encore azaleas, pruning mango trees, removing grapevines and torpedograss, composting with cardboard, managing a neighbor’s weeds, fertilizing plum trees, and more.. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx
 
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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Chelsea Flower Show May 30 2026
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05/31/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Garden expert Teresa Watkins returns from Jolly Ol’ England, the Cotswolds, and the Chelsea Flower Show with new landscape design ideas. Teresa’s Top Five Chelsea Flower Show Garden Trends. Gardening topics include what vegetables to plant in June, drought-tolerant groundcovers, tree bark damage, Teresa’s Iced Roselle Tea recipe, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx

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Best of Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Summer Garden Questions May 24, 2026
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05/31/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Garden expert, Teresa provides ways to use your home-grown sugar cane and how to grow plumeria. Teresa’s Dirty Word of the Day is Monocarpic. Garden topics and questions include Angel trumpet frass issue, will the mushrooms hurt my grass, summer edibles for South Florida, how to care for a Panama Rose, bat houses, fertilizer for avocado, and more. https://bit.ly/4diIsZH
 
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Best of Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Keeping Summer Pest Free June 14, 2025
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05/31/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert and host, Teresa Watkins discusses keeping pest away from cookouts, summer campfires, and family picnics with Heather Stickney, Summit Responsible Solutions. Teresa’ Top Five Favorite vegetables that attract pollinators. What to plant in June in your landscape. Garden questions include transplanting Drift roses, tasty watermelon, herbicide for shorelines, is using cardboard in garden, weed barriers, and more. https://rb.gy/gf8k3sSign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landsca...


Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 New Encore Azaleas! May 9, 2026
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05/09/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. This week, garden expert and host, Teresa Watkins welcomes Corrina Stellitano Andrews of the Southern Living Plant Collection to discuss the new Encore Azaleas for Spring. The "Dirty Word of the Day" is “Family”. Garden topics and questions include taking care of container roses while on vacation, soil for potted Italian cypress, types of zoysia grass for shade; hibiscus identification, what to do in your landscape in May, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx
 
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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Mother's Day Spring Gardening May 9, 2026
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05/09/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Garden expert Teresa Watkins and Lizzie talk about being grateful for the rain and share Mother’s Day memories. Teresa also highlights her top five plants with “Mother” in their names. Garden topics and questions include transplanted bottlebrush tree, dead Screw Pine tree, pruning avocado tree, volunteer heirloom tomatoes and process to dry tomato seeds, gardenias, fertilizing lawns, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx  

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 David Austin Roses with Rebecca Koraytem May 2, 2026
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05/02/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins, is joined by Rebecca Koraytem, David Austin  US Sales Marketing Executive to discuss beautiful, fragrant roses for Florida. The "Dirty Word of the Day" is “Pleasure Garden”. Garden topics and questions include enriching soil for sod laying, soil test kit, dividing Lily of the Nile, propagating ponytail palm, rose fragrance, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx
 
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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Plants for Mother's Day May 2, 2026
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05/02/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Garden expert Teresa Watkins discusses plants that are perfect to give for Mother’s Day with Quality Green Specialists Nursery’s owner, Dana Venrick, and alkaline soils. Teresa’s Top Five Revolutionary Plants still used medicinally. Gardening questions include what vegetables to plant in May, winter-damaged plumeria, pine straw vs pine chips, Southeastern natives, pruning palm trees; and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Mosquito-Free Bromeliads April 18 2026
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04/18/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Teresa Watkins, is joined by Heather Stickney, marketing director of Summit Responsible Solutions, and providing organic solutions to have mosquito-free bromeliads, and flea and tick-free hikes, camping, and yards. The "Dirty Word of the Day" is “Air Layering”. Garden topics and questions include potted earthworms, when to prune evergreen shrubs, weeds and herbicides, success story on winter-damaged avocados and Christmas palms, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx
 
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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Native Trees For Arbor Day April 18 2026
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04/18/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  And the Spring holidays keep coming with great gardening weather! Garden expert Teresa Watkins discusses with Quality Green Specialists Nursery’s owner, Dana Venrick, what native trees should be planted and what native trees will thrive along Florida’s coastline and alkaline soils. Teresa’s Top Five benefits from planting trees. Gardening questions include what to plant in April, success story on freeze-damaged avocado, African violets, sick magnolia, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Cheryl Harris Florida Irrigation Society April 11, 2026
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04/12/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Teresa Watkins, garden expert, discusses important legislation needed for water conservation and irrigation systems with Florida Irrigation Society’s Executive Director, Cheryl Harris. The "Dirty Word of the Day" is Pollen. Garden topics and questions include squirrels, growing carnivorous plants outside, sprouting suckers from avocados, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx
 
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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 FFL Nicki Munroe April 11, 2026
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04/12/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Garden expert Teresa Watkins celebrates National Garden Day and April is Water Conservation Month. Teresa interviews Nicki Munroe, Environmental Horticultural Agent for UF/IFAS Indian River County Extension, about Florida-Friendly Landscaping Principle #2 – Watering Efficiently. Teresa’s Top Five Flowers That Thrive with Rainfall or 1x a week watering is highlighted. Gardening topics and questions include benefits of gardening, what to plant in April, fertilizing guava trees, preparing ground for grass plugs or sod, freeze-damaged avocado, hybrid elderberry, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Spring Gardening April 5, 2026
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04/04/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Teresa Watkins, a garden expert, shares essential Spring gardening tasks for your landscape. The "Dirty Word of the Day" is Anther. Teresa also addresses April's newsletter Landscape Malpractice question. Topics and questions discussed include how to deal with avocado suckering caused by winter damage, frustrations over water restrictions, growing hollyhocks in Florida, tips for successfully cultivating gardenias, whether a fig tree can recover, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx
 
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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 How to Take Care of and Grow Easter Lilies April 5, 2026
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04/04/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Garden expert Teresa Watkins shares tips on caring for and cultivating Easter lilies in celebration of the holiday. Her "Top Five Flowers the Easter Bunny Won’t Eat" is highlighted, and she joined this week GardenerDC to discuss her passion for public gardens. The conversation covers topics like this week’s beneficial rainfall, fun facts about Easter lilies, what to plant in April recommendations, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx

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Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 Gary Bachman Container Tomatoes March 28, 2026
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#439
03/29/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Dr. Gary Bachman, Heritage Cottage Urban Nano farmer on his Real World Gardening for container tomatoes. Teresa is speaking at the Florida Wildflower and Garden Festival in Deland on “Florida Pollinators Gone Wild”. Dirty Word of the Day is Native (and related words). Garden topics and questions include Eileen’s new Drift rose, Desert rose, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx 

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Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Florida Wildflower and Garden Festival March 28 2026
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#438
03/28/2026

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Garden expert, Teresa Watkins and Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery in Deland, discuss the 21st anniversary of the Florida Wildflower and Garden Festival. Teresa’s Top Five Florida Wildflowers. Garden topics and questions include bottlebrush tree, lubber grasshoppers and amaryllis, frost blankets, irrigation amounts, propagating camellias and gardenias, frozen lantana, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx  

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