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Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Garden expert, Teresa Watkins learns about the benefits of Australia’s latest water conservation irrigation with Annie Morton, Hoselink. Teresa’s Dirty Word of the Day is Cauliflory. Garden topics and questions include frozen plants and trees, how to determine soil moisture, what to do in your landscape, cherry tomatoes, 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 you...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by the Plant Doctor and Better Lawns and Gardens Host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin to ponder historic Florida winter freezes.  Teresa ’s Top Five Favorite Spring flowers that never fail. Garden topics and questions include landscape recovery and how to trim back Bird of Paradise, crapemyrtle with moss and air plants, Jacaranda has no leaves, tomato plants have powdery mildew, can you use Preen under bird feeders, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx   Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newslette...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Winter recovery is the mode of the day! Teresa declares winter is over in Florida for 2026. Garden expert Teresa Watkins celebrates Valentine’s Day with Valentine trivia and Teresa ’s Top Rose Myths. Garden topics and questions include landscape recovery and how to trim back shrubs, staghorn ferns, fig trees, best type of wisteria for container, will lilacs grow in Florida, tibouchina pruning, how to cut back plumbago, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx   Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins celebrates Valentine’s Day and provides how easy roses are to grow. Dirty Word of the Day is Node. Garden topics and questions include removing Mother-in-Law’s Tongue, pineapple damage, will my plants recover, invasive elephant ears, bougainvillea injury, split leaf philodendron, plumeria, St. Augustinegrass sprouting, 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 fi...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins interviews Dan McParland, with the Greater Orlando Orchid Society about the upcoming Valentine’s Day 29th Annual Orchid Show and Sale.  Dirty Word of the Day is Bark. Garden topics and questions include frozen pineapple, staghorn survival, Key Lime seeds, cherry tomato damage, cutting back shrubs, Chamberbitter weed killers, active dogs are tearing up grass, 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...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. After a devastating winter freeze, Garden expert Teresa Watkins is joined by sponsor Dana Venrick on the importance of providing nutrients and water to help Florida landscapes recover. Teresa answers questions on how to take care of the plants after the freeze. Teresa ’s Top Five Shrubs that survived the Freeze of 2026. Garden topics and questions include rhizomes, cutting back pentas, elderberry survival chances, melting plumeria, irrigation, long time fans call in with their winter landscape experience, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx  Sign up for T...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Today is National Seed Swap Day. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins talks with Kathy Jentz, garden author and editor of the Washington Gardener, who invented National Seed Swap Day. Dirty Word of the Day is Antitranspirant. Garden topics and questions include freezing temperatures, keeping well from freezing, peach trees, seed questions, remove weeds from Bird of Paradise, covering pineapple plants, pruning lantana, brassica, crotons, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx  Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins provides important tips on protecting Florida landscapes from historic record lows and freezing temperatures. Florida homeowners are panicking about the freezing temperatures. Teresa discusses tropical plants most susceptible to the freeze and how to take care of the plants after the freeze. Teresa ’s Top Five Recommendations to take care of palms after the freeze. Garden topics and questions include how to take care of coconut palms, herbicide to get rid of sandspurs, fungus in the landscape, banana shrubs, Mexican heather, Milky Spore, Chri...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins explains that severe pruning techniques such as crape murder, excessive trimming, and pollarding are unnecessary. Garden topics and questions include where to find peppermint plants, wax myrtle and mimosa not growing, getting rid of bagworms, moving orchids inside, . 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.   htt...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Winter Storm ‘Fern’ heading Florida’s way.  Garden expert, Teresa Watkins discusses the bi-polar weather of record temperature highs followed by freezing temperatures in Florida. Teresa’s Top Five Favorite garden pathway materials. Garden topics and questions include Lavender ‘Phenomenal’, Gerald the turkey, what to do in the coming week, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Subscribe to Teresa’s complimentary monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard,” which features expert landscaping advice, her professional design recommendations, a highlighted Plant of the Month, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Celebrating Florida Arbor Day Garden expert, Teresa Watkins talks with Austin Tollman, co-owner of Word of Mouth Tree Service. Dirty Word of the Day is Tree Risk Assessment. Garden topics and questions include freezing temperatures, cycad scale, how to get rid of clover, can crocus and creeping thyme be planted in Florida,  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...

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 w...

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    Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7 am - 9 am EST...

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  Graphic credit: Teresa WatkinsAr...

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/3c1f5x7Photo and graphic credit:  Teresa Watkins, WikiCommonsListen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST o...

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 Malp...

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 ti...

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...

Best of Better Lawns and GardensBetter 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.ly3c1f5x7Look for Better Lawns and Gardens New Year’s Special with Teres...

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/4diIsZHLook for B...