Outwitting the Weather
Frost dates are very important.
Mar 12, 2020•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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Clay is Okay
Many of us with clay soil complain loudly about it, and it’s true that gardens with clay soil can be hard to dig. Nonetheless, it has its virtues.
Mar 05, 2020•2 min
Purim Party
Explore the Jewish spring holiday of Purim, a commemoration of the Book of Esther. Purim celebrations are best known today for their gift-giving, wild costume parties, and delicious hamentashen. The story of Esther was also the inspiration for a number of musical works, as we will see.
Mar 02, 2020•59 min
Deadheading: It Keeps the Color Coming
The whole garden looks better if plants are deadheaded, so it is a good thing.
Feb 20, 2020•2 min
Mount Olympus
Musical tales from the gods of Mount Olympus
Feb 17, 2020•59 min
Roses in Words
In February, it is appropriate to think about roses.
Feb 13, 2020•2 min
Tiny but Tough
The earliest iris to bloom is the petite Iris reticulata.
Feb 06, 2020•2 min
David Hosack
Hosack realized the need for a public garden as a research facility for medical scientists and their students.
Jan 30, 2020•2 min
Easy Does It
Quite a number of flowering annuals can be started by sowing their seeds directly into the garden.
Jan 23, 2020•2 min
Spring Ephemerals
Before long, some of the earliest flowers to bloom will be stirring in our gardens.
Jan 16, 2020•2 min
Round Three
This week, the third in a series of four programs that explore canons and fugues from the earliest written music to J.S. Bach. Join us for “round three,” with catches, canzonas, and a certain infamous canon.
Jan 13, 2020•59 min
Interesting Quotes
Here are some interesting things said by some interesting people. Plus, my personal advice to you in January.
Jan 09, 2020•2 min
Norah Lindsay
Lindsay was the Grande Dame of gardening in a time when ladies did not have professional careers.
Jan 02, 2020•2 min
Thomas Church in California
Thomas Church (1902-78) was a garden designer whose style was a response to California's specific type of lifestyle and climate.
Dec 26, 2019•2 min
The Harps in the Trees
Our guest this hour is harpist Cheryl Ann Fulton, one of the foremost practitioners of historical harp, who joins me for a program featuring the soundtrack to her short documentary film The Harps in the Trees, which tells the story of a musical pilgrimage to Scotland by her ensemble Angelorum.
Dec 23, 2019•59 min
Winter Words of Wisdom
This winter I have been reading some garden writers’ words of wisdom, which now I will share with you.
Dec 19, 2019•2 min
Sweet & Simple
Just one rose floating in a small bowl, presented with a heartfelt message, written or verbal, will be treasured.
Dec 12, 2019•2 min
A Medieval Christmas
Tired of jingle bells yet? This week on Harmonia, join us for something a little different.
Dec 09, 2019•59 min
Smooth Hydrangeas
Most of us are familiar with the old-fashioned, white mop-head blossoms of the popular hydrangea variety ‘Annabelle.’
Dec 05, 2019•2 min
Changing Color
Sometimes soil can be just slightly acid or neutral with a PH of 6 or 7 and you will get a mix of both pink and blue flowers on the same plant.
Nov 28, 2019•2 min
Old Wood, New Wood
Hydrangeas are some of the most beautiful as well as durable shrubs in our gardens.
Nov 21, 2019•2 min
Thanks And Praise
Gratitude is a theme often explored in early music, and we’ll hear expressions of thanks from a variety of sources on this edition of Harmonia.
Nov 18, 2019•59 min
Living Art
In 2019, The New York Botanical Garden mounted an exhibit honoring Brazil’s greatest landscape designer 25 years after his death: “Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx.”
Nov 14, 2019•2 min
Hummingbirds
Male hummers are extremely aggressive. They even stab each other!
Nov 07, 2019•2 min
David Austin (1926-2018)
David Austin was fond of saying that a rose without a fragrance is only half a rose.
Oct 31, 2019•2 min
Iris Facts
I grow more iris than I used to because deer leave them alone, and I’ve discovered that there are many things I did not know about these flowers.
Oct 24, 2019•2 min
White Flowers
I have been planting more white flowers recently because I already have so many other colored flowers that bloom in my yard across the growing seasons.
Oct 17, 2019•2 min
Native Foamflowers
If you are looking for more natives to plant in your shady spots this fall, consider our native North American foamflower.
Oct 10, 2019•2 min
Overwintering
It is important for gardeners to know their hardiness zone.
Sep 26, 2019•2 min
Many Happy Returns
Perennials are plants that, hopefully, return in our gardens each spring after being dormant during the winter.
Sep 19, 2019•2 min
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