Despite his short life, Pergolesi left an impressive body of work behind.
May 04, 2018•6 min
Cut flowers are lovely, but there are alternative gifts for mothers who garden.
May 03, 2018•2 min
Patrick O'Meara speaks with Roberto Salinas-León, president of the Mexico Business Forum.
Apr 29, 2018•59 min
Emily Corwin reads "hex," "tincture," "apparition," and "tenderling."
Apr 29, 2018•6 min
My garden is so full of plants already that I'm wondering where I'll put all of the new plants that I'll buy this year...
Apr 26, 2018•2 min
Tony Brewer reads "calling the quartet" and "Hey Baby."
Apr 22, 2018•5 min
Pulmonaria, a.k.a., Bethlehem sage, is a perennial with especially interesting foliage.
Apr 19, 2018•2 min
David Watters reads "After, for Netty Mae," "Postscript," and "Self Portrait as Self Healing for the Artist as a Child."
Apr 15, 2018•5 min
Coral bells' foliage and texture present many benefits beyond blooms.
Apr 12, 2018•2 min
Host Aaron Cain speaks with experts in the fields of games and game design about the role that different kinds of games are playing in our lives.
Apr 08, 2018•59 min
Eric Rensberger reads "Autobiography Vol. 6," "Flowers on the Graves of the Overdosed," and "Late January."
Apr 08, 2018•5 min
A garden looks neat if it has well-defined edges.
Apr 05, 2018•2 min
Patsy Rahn reads "Red Fox," "Take Your Power," "I Saw You on Television," and "A Child at Easter."
Apr 01, 2018•6 min
What popular flowers do you have planted in your garden?
Mar 29, 2018•2 min
Willy Palomo reads "Izote" and "Mark 6:41-42."
Mar 25, 2018•5 min
Retailers in the Midwest attend trials in Michigan, where the new plant introductions are grown outdoors en masse.
Mar 22, 2018•2 min
Patrick Kindig reads "Carolina Reaper," "Saint Joan," and "Ode, after Ross Gay."
Mar 18, 2018•5 min
And fourth place goes to... Alstroemeria!
Mar 15, 2018•2 min
Publisher Dave Torneo speaks with poet Yalie Kamara, who also reads samples of her work.
Mar 11, 2018•59 min
Eric Rensberger reads a series of short poems.
Mar 11, 2018•5 min
The Madonna lily, Lilium candidum, is potted up and sold all over the United States every spring.
Mar 08, 2018•2 min
Aaron Cain asks Noah Bendix-Balgley about his musical upbringing, his klezmer concerto, and what it's like to be concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Mar 04, 2018•59 min
Yalie Kamara reads "Eating Malombo Fruit in Freetown, 1989," "Trim," "A Haiku Love Poem for Gabby Douglas," and two more haikus.
Mar 04, 2018•6 min
While the weather remains cold outdoors, we can look online for a flower fix. One site that I enjoy is the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
Mar 01, 2018•2 min
WFIU's Will Murphy speaks with author Frank Bill and bookstore owner Brian Hawkins.
Feb 26, 2018•59 min
Yalie Kamara reads her poem "Oakland As Home, Home As Myth."
Feb 25, 2018•5 min
The catalogs have arrived in the mail, so we are all thinking about what to order...
Feb 22, 2018•2 min
Steve Sanders speaks with Jamie Kalven about issues of press freedom, police accountability, and civil and human rights.
Feb 19, 2018•59 min
Eric reads his poems "Note to Self," "The Blizzard," "Of the Flakes," and "Snow in Three Parts."
Feb 18, 2018•5 min
About 120 million roses are purchased in the U.S. for Valentine’s Day each year.
Feb 15, 2018•2 min
