Strong Colors
Some flowers have intense sounding names to match their hues.
Aug 14, 2014•2 min
Focus on Flowers
Focus on Flowers is a weekly podcast and public radio program about flower gardening hosted by master gardener Moya Andews.
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Episodes
Occitan Nights
A 2014 Ricercar release from Ensemble Céladon, led by Paulin Bündgen, presents music of the Troubadours.
Aug 08, 2014•10 min
A Lacy, Graceful Shrub: Bush Clover
Use this shrub as a focal point or in a shrub border to create fall interest.
Aug 07, 2014•2 min
Poet Adrian Matejka
Dave Torneo interviews poet Adrian Matejka, a graduate of Indiana University who teaches in the MFA program at IU-Bloomington.
Aug 05, 2014•59 min
Spanish Baroque Meets Flamenco!
Las Idas Y Las Vueltas: Spanish Baroque Meets Flamenco!
Aug 01, 2014•8 min
Snappy Little Turtleheads
An interesting native wildflower that grows naturally in wet meadows is chelone lyonii.
Jul 31, 2014•2 min
Bad For Bees
Some of the plants we buy for our gardens are pretreated with neonicotinoid pesticides that are harmful to bees.
Jul 24, 2014•2 min
Author Shauna Singh Baldwin
IU professor of political science Sumit Ganguly interviews Shauna Singh Baldwin, a Canadian-American novelist who writes about the Indian experience.
Jul 20, 2014•59 min
World Association Of Flower Arrangers
Ireland concluded its tenure as the WAFA host country after the June 2014 flower show, and Barbados has begun its three year term.
Jul 17, 2014•2 min
Disney Topiary
In the 1960s, at Walt Disney’s request, Bill Evans and the Disney horticultural team began to experiment with topiary.
Jul 10, 2014•2 min
Author and Professor Larry Lockridge
David Brent Johnson interviews Larry Lockridge, author of an award-winning biography of his father Ross Lockridge, Jr., author of Raintree County.
Jul 06, 2014•54 min
Disney Horticulture
Roughly 80% of the Walt Disney World resort flowers are irrigated using reclaimed water.
Jul 03, 2014•2 min
One Is The Loveliest Number
We're exploring paeans to solitude, songs of unrequited love—even a sumptuous soundscape sprung from a single note.
Jun 30, 2014•59 min
Astrophysicist David Morrison
Will Murphy speaks with David Morrison, director of the Carl Sagan Center for Study of Life in the Universe at the SETI Institute.
Jun 30, 2014•55 min
Disney World's Liberty Tree
The official Disney Horticulture logo is the Liberty Tree, and there is a story about how that choice was made.
Jun 26, 2014•2 min
Flower Festival At Disney World
The Epcot International Flower Show and Garden Festival is held each spring for 75 days.
Jun 19, 2014•2 min
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Sonia Nazario
Gena Asher interviews journalist Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique's Journey
Jun 15, 2014•49 min
All In A Life's Work: Arcangelo Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli’s complete published chamber music performed by the Avison Ensemble.
Jun 14, 2014•14 min
Bill Evans: Disney Landscaping Legend
The landscaping at Disney Theme Parks is an integral part of the Disney experience.
Jun 12, 2014•2 min
Academy Award-Winning Actress Meryl Streep
IU President Michael McRobbie interviews Meryl Streep, one of the greatest actresses of our time.
Jun 10, 2014•51 min
Living Columns
Narrow shrubs are referred to as columnar in shape, and they are ideal for a small garden.
Jun 05, 2014•2 min
Tainted Love
Love’s gone bad this hour on Harmonia, as we explore music by—and for—the brokenhearted.
Jun 02, 2014•59 min
Photomontagist Jerry Uelsmann
Yaël Ksander interviews photographer Jerry Uelsmann, a pioneer of 20th-century photomontage.
Jun 01, 2014•57 min
A Visit To Constance
We're dropping in on the historic Council of Konstanz with a recording from Capella de la Torre, and music that might have been heard there in the 15th c.
May 30, 2014•8 min
English Ivy
Many people think that English ivy (Hedera helix) is romantic.
May 29, 2014•2 min
Hummel And The Fortepiano
We’re headed into the 19th century with Hummel piano concertos, recorded for the first time on period instruments by Solamente Naturali.
May 23, 2014•7 min
Swallowtails
Adult butterflies linger in our gardens longer when we have the types of plants on which they can lay their eggs.
May 22, 2014•2 min
Psychologist and Author Gerd Gigerenzer
Peter Todd interviews German psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer, who studies the use of bounded rationality and heuristics in decision making.
May 18, 2014•55 min
Onward And Upward
Kudos to Jean Lamon for over three decades with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra!
May 16, 2014•10 min
Baby Mums
The best time to plant chrysanthemums is now...in the spring!
May 15, 2014•2 min
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