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Better Lawns and Gardens

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…

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S2 Ep474: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Bug‑Free Labor Day: Smart Outdoor Protection August 22, 2026

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,…

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S2 Ep474: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 The Great Southeast Pollinator Census August 22, 2026

Note: First segment had technical issues. 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…

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S2 Ep473: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 The Pond Monster Water Gardening August 15 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…

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S2 Ep473: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 August in the Garden August 15, 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…

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S2 Ep472: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 August Garden Questions and Answers August 8, 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…

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S2 Ep472: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 August Garden Advice August 8, 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,…

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S2 Ep471: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Teresa's Top Tips on Tomatoes August 2, 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’…

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S2 Ep470: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Edible Shrubs August 2, 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,…

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S2 Ep469: Better Lawns and Gardens - Teresa's Top Tomato Tips July 25, 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…

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S2 Ep468: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Wins Two Awards! July 25, 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…

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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…

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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…

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