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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

Strong Colors

Some flowers have intense sounding names to match their hues.

Aug 14, 20142 min

Occitan Nights

A 2014 Ricercar release from Ensemble Céladon, led by Paulin Bündgen, presents music of the Troubadours.

Aug 08, 201410 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, 201459 min

Snappy Little Turtleheads

An interesting native wildflower that grows naturally in wet meadows is chelone lyonii.

Jul 31, 20142 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, 20142 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, 201459 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, 20142 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, 20142 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, 201454 min

Disney Horticulture

Roughly 80% of the Walt Disney World resort flowers are irrigated using reclaimed water.

Jul 03, 20142 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, 201459 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, 201455 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, 20142 min

Living Columns

Narrow shrubs are referred to as columnar in shape, and they are ideal for a small garden.

Jun 05, 20142 min

Tainted Love

Love’s gone bad this hour on Harmonia, as we explore music by—and for—the brokenhearted.

Jun 02, 201459 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, 20148 min

English Ivy

Many people think that English ivy (Hedera helix) is romantic.

May 29, 20142 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, 20147 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, 20142 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, 201455 min

Onward And Upward

Kudos to Jean Lamon for over three decades with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra!

May 16, 201410 min

Baby Mums

The best time to plant chrysanthemums is now...in the spring!

May 15, 20142 min
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