Episodes

Mississippi native Felder Rushing is an 11th-generation Southerner. After retiring from Mississippi State University as a consumer horticulturist he spends half his year in his celebrated Mississippi cottage garden and the other half in a small terrace herb garden in Lancashire, England. Felder is a syndicated newspaper columnist, an online contributor for HGTV, and hosts a weekly NPR garden program The Gestalt Gardener. He has also been a writer, photographer, and editor for over a dozen mag...

Trees aren’t just for beauty any more. They provide your community with measurable health, financial, and environmental values. Susan is a ISA Certified Arborist that is on a mission to balance the challenges facing your community's tree canopies. Through her work with the Georgia Forestry Commission Urban Forests program Susan assists communities face the challenges in protecting, maintaining and increasing community tree canopies. In her work she assists local cities with managing their ur...

Trees aren’t just for beauty any more. They provide your community with measurable health, financial, and environmental values. Susan is a ISA Certified Arborist that is on a mission to balance the challenges facing your community's tree canopies. Through her work with the Georgia Forestry Commission Urban Forests program Susan assists communities face the challenges in protecting, maintaining and increasing community tree canopies. In her work she assists local cities with managing their ur...

Trees aren’t just for beauty any more. They provide your community with measurable health, financial, and environmental values. Susan is a ISA Certified Arborist that is on a mission to balance the challenges facing your community's tree canopies. Through her work with the Georgia Forestry Commission Urban Forests program Susan assists communities face the challenges in protecting, maintaining and increasing community tree canopies. In her work she assists local cities with managing their ur...

Erica Glasener is a plant lover, horticulturist, writer, author and speaker. She is passionate about all things green and is currently the Community Involvement and Events Manager for Piedmont Park Conservancy, the nonprofit that supports Piedmont Park (over 200 acres) in Atlanta, GA. She is fortunate to have traveled throughout the US and to have discovered wonderful gardens and gardeners as the host for “A Gardener’s Diary” for 13 years on HGTV. Recently she worked as the Senior Producer fo...

Erica Glasener is a plant lover, horticulturist, writer, author and speaker. She is passionate about all things green and is currently the Community Involvement and Events Manager for Piedmont Park Conservancy, the nonprofit that supports Piedmont Park (over 200 acres) in Atlanta, GA. She is fortunate to have traveled throughout the US and to have discovered wonderful gardens and gardeners as the host for “A Gardener’s Diary” for 13 years on HGTV. Recently she worked as the Senior Producer fo...

Erica Glasener is a plant lover, horticulturist, writer, author and speaker. She is passionate about all things green and is currently the Community Involvement and Events Manager for Piedmont Park Conservancy, the nonprofit that supports Piedmont Park (over 200 acres) in Atlanta, GA. She is fortunate to have traveled throughout the US and to have discovered wonderful gardens and gardeners as the host for “A Gardener’s Diary” for 13 years on HGTV. Recently she worked as the Senior Producer fo...

When Southern Living The Grumpy Gardener speaks gardeners listen. For more than 40 years Steve Bender has strived to make gardening fun. His writings about southern gardens and his hands in the dirt experiences are sought after by beginning and expert gardeners. Steve takes great joy in answering your garden questions every day at Southern Living Blog and The Grumpy Gardener on Facebook . Steve is quoted often. Usually in distain tones since he coined the term “Crape Murder”. His book Passal...

When Southern Living The Grumpy Gardener speaks gardeners listen. For more than 40 years Steve Bender has strived to make gardening fun. His writings about southern gardens and his hands in the dirt experiences are sought after by beginning and expert gardeners. Steve takes great joy in answering your garden questions every day at Southern Living Blog and The Grumpy Gardener on Facebook . Steve is quoted often. Usually in distain tones since he coined the term “Crape Murder”. His book Passal...

When Southern Living The Grumpy Gardener speaks gardeners listen. For more than 40 years Steve Bender has strived to make gardening fun. His writings about southern gardens and his hands in the dirt experiences are sought after by beginning and expert gardeners. Steve takes great joy in answering your garden questions every day at Southern Living Blog and The Grumpy Gardener on Facebook . Steve is quoted often. Usually in distain tones since he coined the term “Crape Murder”. His book Passal...

Growing food on your balcony, patio, or in small yards is fun and simple. Follow a few easy steps and many healthy good eats are in your future. This is episode 051 – Growing Vegetables and Herbs in Containers with Amanda Bennett. Amanda is the Vice President of Horticulture & Collections at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. She oversees the development and enhancement of the Garden’s prestigious indoor and outdoor collections managed by 33 professional horticulturists. Since 2005 she has partic...

Growing food on your balcony, patio, or in small yards is fun and simple. Follow a few easy steps and many healthy good eats are in your future. This is episode 051 – Growing Vegetables and Herbs in Containers with Amanda Bennett. Amanda is the Vice President of Horticulture & Collections at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. She oversees the development and enhancement of the Garden’s prestigious indoor and outdoor collections managed by 33 professional horticulturists. Since 2005 she has partic...

Growing food on your balcony, patio, or in small yards is fun and simple. Follow a few easy steps and many healthy good eats are in your future. This is episode 051 – Growing Vegetables and Herbs in Containers with Amanda Bennett. Amanda is the Vice President of Horticulture & Collections at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. She oversees the development and enhancement of the Garden’s prestigious indoor and outdoor collections managed by 33 professional horticulturists. Since 2005 she has partic...

Minimizing diseases, reducing pest, improving soil fertility and pollinator support are all determined by the plant combinations you choose. In this episode 050 – Companion Planting That Works with Jessica Walliser we talk about the science back methods that will reward your decisions. For 15 years horticulturist Jessica Walliser co-hosted The Organic Gardeners, an award-winning program on KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, She is the Editorial Director for The Quarto Publishing Group's g...

Minimizing diseases, reducing pest, improving soil fertility and pollinator support are all determined by the plant combinations you choose. In this episode 050 – Companion Planting That Works with Jessica Walliser we talk about the science back methods that will reward your decisions. For 15 years horticulturist Jessica Walliser co-hosted The Organic Gardeners, an award-winning program on KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, She is the Editorial Director for The Quarto Publishing Group's g...

Minimizing diseases, reducing pest, improving soil fertility and pollinator support are all determined by the plant combinations you choose. In this episode 050 – Companion Planting That Works with Jessica Walliser we talk about the science back methods that will reward your decisions. For 15 years horticulturist Jessica Walliser co-hosted The Organic Gardeners, an award-winning program on KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, She is the Editorial Director for The Quarto Publishing Group's g...

Do you ever get frustrated with your Turf Grass? In this episode 049 Proper Agronomics for Healthy Turf Grass, we talk with Dr. Clint Waltz about solutions to your frustrations. The current research into practices and efforts to lowing the inputs into successful turf grass. How turf grass ecoservices brings good things to our environment. We also talk about the benefits and hurdles to auto mowing. Dr. Waltz has state-wide responsibilities in all areas of turfgrass management, including turf...

Do you ever get frustrated with your Turf Grass? In this episode 049 Proper Agronomics for Healthy Turf Grass, we talk with Dr. Clint Waltz about solutions to your frustrations. The current research into practices and efforts to lowing the inputs into successful turf grass. How turf grass ecoservices brings good things to our environment. We also talk about the benefits and hurdles to auto mowing. Dr. Waltz has state-wide responsibilities in all areas of turfgrass management, including turf...

Do you ever get frustrated with your Turf Grass? In this episode 049 Proper Agronomics for Healthy Turf Grass, we talk with Dr. Clint Waltz about solutions to your frustrations. The current research into practices and efforts to lowing the inputs into successful turf grass. How turf grass ecoservices brings good things to our environment. We also talk about the benefits and hurdles to auto mowing. Dr. Waltz has state-wide responsibilities in all areas of turfgrass management, including turf...

This is Episode 48 and we are introducing a new series that I believe you will find interesting and beneficial. The series will be a collection of Garden Case Studies from my experiences as a garden designer and creator. I’ll drop a Case Study in from time to time when I’m inspired to do so. Don’t worry I’ll continue to interview inspiring designers, builders and growers of smarter gardens that work. I couldn’t stop doing that. I’m addicted to learning and applying the many new things I learn ...

This is Episode 48 and we are introducing a new series that I believe you will find interesting and beneficial. The series will be a collection of Garden Case Studies from my experiences as a garden designer and creator. I’ll drop a Case Study in from time to time when I’m inspired to do so. Don’t worry I’ll continue to interview inspiring designers, builders and growers of smarter gardens that work. I couldn’t stop doing that. I’m addicted to learning and applying the many new things I learn ...

This is Episode 48 and we are introducing a new series that I believe you will find interesting and beneficial. The series will be a collection of Garden Case Studies from my experiences as a garden designer and creator. I’ll drop a Case Study in from time to time when I’m inspired to do so. Don’t worry I’ll continue to interview inspiring designers, builders and growers of smarter gardens that work. I couldn’t stop doing that. I’m addicted to learning and applying the many new things I learn ...

Susan Mulvihill is passionate about growing vegetables! Her organic growing methods and pest control have yielded some mighty good eating. She and her husband, Bill, live and garden on 5 acres in Spokane, Washington. Their large raised-bed garden where they grow all sorts of edible crops has been featured on the popular public television program, “Growing a Greener World” (episode 809 and 1202), hosted by Joe Lamp’l. In the last year Susan’s book, The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook, has proven...

Susan Mulvihill is passionate about growing vegetables! Her organic growing methods and pest control have yielded some mighty good eating. She and her husband, Bill, live and garden on 5 acres in Spokane, Washington. Their large raised-bed garden where they grow all sorts of edible crops has been featured on the popular public television program, “Growing a Greener World” (episode 809 and 1202), hosted by Joe Lamp’l. In the last year Susan’s book, The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook, has proven...