Cranesbills for Cover
I plant cranesbill almost everywhere in my garden and have many different varieties...
Aug 17, 2017•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
Comedian Joe Wong
Born into a Korean-Chinese family, Joe Wong came to the United States to study biochemistry. After getting his PhD, he found standup comedy. Will Murphy hosts.
Aug 13, 2017•59 min
Bent Between Earth And Sky
Susan Amis reads "Bent Between Earth and Sky," "Trapper's Daughter Waltzes with Ice and Galls in Love with the World," and "Dispatch No. 3."
Aug 13, 2017•6 min
Curbside Color
Purple and chartreuse always look good together in a garden.
Aug 10, 2017•2 min
George Pinney, Scott Russell Sanders, Jeff Wolin
Yaël Ksander speaks with author Scott Russell Sanders and photographer Jeff Wolin on the occasion of a new edition of their book Stone Country: Then and Now.
Aug 06, 2017•58 min
Million Dollar Idea
Joshua Johnston reads "Poem" and "Million Dollar Idea."
Aug 06, 2017•5 min
The Humble Hurdy-Gurdy
This week on Harmonia we explore one of the most fascinating and complex instruments that was ever misunderstood: the hurdy-gurdy.
Aug 05, 2017•59 min
Dedicated Beds
I am lucky to have a large garden space and so I have the luxury of being able to dedicate some of my beds to a single perennial species.
Aug 03, 2017•2 min
Artist and Baker Sean Starowitz and Shipwreck Survivor Andy Hanson
Will Murphy interviews Sean Starowitz, the Assistant Director of Economic Development for the Arts for the City of Bloomington.
Jul 30, 2017•57 min
The Giant Learns To Float
Su Cho reads "The Giant Learns to Float," "After the Ocean," "Dear Giant," and "The Giant Trains for Lightning."
Jul 30, 2017•5 min
Bloom Sequences
Most flower gardeners enjoy sequences of bloom in their beds.
Jul 27, 2017•2 min
New Yorker Staff Writer Jiayang Fan and the Waters Triplets
John K. Yasuda interviews New Yorker staff writer Jiayang Fan.
Jul 24, 2017•57 min
On Seeing The Embroiderer
Nancy Chen Long reads "On Seeing the Embroiderer, or Mette Gauguin," "Orion," and "Free."
Jul 23, 2017•5 min
Show Me the Money!
The English poet Robert Graves once said, “There’s no money in poetry, but there’s no poetry in money.”
Jul 22, 2017•59 min
Moonlight Garden
White gardens are tranquil and calming and reward their owners with their soothing ambience.
Jul 20, 2017•2 min
Authors from the IU Writers Conference
WFIU’s Shayne Laughter talks with writers who visited Bloomington to teach at the 2017 Indiana University Writers Conference.
Jul 16, 2017•56 min
The Gemini Trainer
Cate Whetzel reads "Green is a Fugative Color" and "The Gemini Trainer."
Jul 16, 2017•5 min
Colorful Foliage
Foliage color can light up the landscape in all seasons of the year, not only in the fall...
Jul 13, 2017•2 min
Boy Finds Foot
Susan Amis reads "Boy Finds Foot," "Before We Had the Word Race," "Another," and "Dispatch No. 2."
Jul 09, 2017•5 min
Leon Parker Taylor
This hour, we consider people's stories, and how we're constantly updating them.
Jul 08, 2017•58 min
Nachtmusique
Go back in time for a musical soirée in an 18th century Viennese drawing room.
Jul 07, 2017•9 min
Columnar Beauties
Gardeners with small plots can enjoy growing modern trees that have been especially bred to be small and narrow.
Jul 06, 2017•2 min
The State of America
Join us for interviews with local historians, government leaders, and general citizens about the state of America in 2017.
Jul 02, 2017•56 min
History
Joshua Johnston reads "Four Noteable Presidential Events in Photographic History" and "History."
Jul 02, 2017•5 min
Yankee Doodle
"Whilst snug in their Club-Room, they jovially twine / The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus’s Vine.” Those are some of the original words to our national anthem.
Jul 01, 2017•59 min
Reading Tags
Before we purchase new plants for our gardens, we should always read the plant tags carefully.
Jun 29, 2017•2 min
Perry T. Hammock and Lee Hamilton
Perry Hammock and Lee Hamilton discuss the Indiana Bicentennial Commission’s final report. Aubrey Seader hosts.
Jun 25, 2017•59 min
Tangerine Trees & Little Bags Of Sugar
Su Cho reads "She Rose," "Tangerine Trees and Little Bags of Sugar," "After the Burial The Dead Take Everything That Burns," and "Gratitude for His Hands."
Jun 25, 2017•5 min
Soundtrack to the Middle Ages
Knights, peasants, crusades, chants, and saints—this week on Harmonia, we’ll explore aspects of medieval European history.
Jun 24, 2017•59 min
Good Investments
Shrubs are long-lived inhabitants that help create the architecture of our gardens.
Jun 22, 2017•2 min
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