Focus on Flowers

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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

Nasturtium Nostalgia

Nasturtiums can make pretty cut flowers.

Sep 12, 2019•2 min

Grow Your Own

Even just one flower stuck in a bottle makes me feel happy!

Sep 05, 2019•2 min

I Don’t Know How To Use Sundials

Sully reads “We Always Ate the Kraut Pierogi First” and “I Don’t Know How to Use Sundials, but I Appreciate That Shadows Have Things to Tell Us.”

Sep 01, 2019•5 min

Compost Is Gold

Plants benefit from growing in good soil, and the addition of compost is an effective way to condition it.

Aug 29, 2019•2 min

Robert Parsons, Gentleman of the Chapel Royal

Aug 25, 2019•59 min

Nomenclature

Common names of plants vary greatly, but officially, each plant has two Latin names.

Aug 22, 2019•2 min

Happy With Blues

Blue is such a calming shade and happily combines with any other color.

Aug 15, 2019•2 min

Prolonged Color

Thanks to many years of dedicated plant hybridizing, it is now possible to have four seasons of color in our gardens.

Aug 08, 2019•2 min

Waterside Wonders

Water features are commonplace in formal gardens.

Aug 01, 2019•2 min

April Is National Celery Month

Sully reads “April Is National Celery Month” and “Five Ways of Looking at My Own Body.”

Jul 28, 2019•5 min

"Carpeters"

What we call groundcovers today, Vita Sackville West called “carpeters."

Jul 18, 2019•2 min

The Musical World of Johannes Ciconia

Jul 14, 2019•59 min

Foliage Effects

When I began gardening, my aim was to have as many flowers as possible, but the longer I garden the more I appreciate the impact of colorful foliage.

Jul 11, 2019•2 min

The Songs of Salamone Rossi

Jul 07, 2019•59 min

Naturalizing

Experienced gardeners know that benign neglect results in an unkempt garden.

Jul 04, 2019•2 min

Prayer to the Saint of Loss

WLS reads "Funeral for Now," "On the last day there was snow," "Prayer to the Saint of Loss," and "Poem in the Form of Anger."

Jul 01, 2019•5 min

Scent

Some people love specific plants just because of their scent.

Jun 27, 2019•2 min

The Knackers At Work

WLS reads "The Knackers at Work," "The Knackers in Their Apartment," and "The Knackers Visit the Reservoir."

Jun 23, 2019•5 min

Waves In The Shade

I love plant names that rhyme!

Jun 20, 2019•2 min

Lovely Leaves

Foliage colors are especially good for creating interesting beds and borders.

Jun 13, 2019•2 min

House Built In The Form Of Prayer

Dan Sullivan reads “House Built in the Form of Prayer” and “And I Can Find a Home There Too.”

Jun 09, 2019•5 min

Coleus Enhances Everything!

I love coleus for their showy colorful leaves...

Jun 06, 2019•2 min

Sujey Vega

Dr. Sylvia Martinez of IU Bloomington's Latino Studies Program discusses cultural citizenship with Dr. Sujey Vega, author of "Latino Heartland: Of Borders and Belonging in the Midwest."

Jun 02, 2019•59 min

Laurence of Florence

Jun 02, 2019•59 min

Rachel Plotnick

Host Aaron Cain discusses several "pressing" matters with IU Media Studies Professor Rachel Plotnick, author of "Power Button: A History of Pleasure, Panic, and the Politics of Pushing."

May 26, 2019•59 min