Better Lawns and Gardens

Teresa Watkins
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Better Lawns and Gardens host, Teresa Watkins, provides gardening advice, landscaping tips, interviews garden celebrities, and answers your questions on turf, flowers, shrubs, and trees.  Gardening information for gardeners who want to be sustainable and low maintenance! Topics and interviews include monthly gardening advice on Florida-friendly landscaping, water conservation, landscape design, themed gardens, new garden books, and colorful plants for sun or shade.  Saturday mornings 7am - 9am EST.  iHeart WFLA-AM 540 https://bit.ly/3594wWb The Better Lawns & Gardens Podcast drops every Monday! Subscribe so you don't miss an episode. Call with your questions at 1-888-455-2967 or text 23680. Subscribe to Teresa's free monthly gardening newsletter "In Your Backyard." #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #tropical #floridalife #photography #SHE #fertilizer #turf #grass #landscaping #fruits #vegetables #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #BlackKow #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #iHeart #TeresaWatkins #podcast #liveradio #Southerngardening #South #vegetablegardening #tropicalplants #tropical #iTunes #Amazon #Spotify #SouthernLiving #Bhg #Tampa #Tallahassee #Georgia #Louisiana #Texas #Alabama #landscapingtips #gardenadvice #garden #plants #tropical 

  1. Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Happy New Year Special December 27, 2025

    4D AGO

    Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Happy New Year Special December 27, 2025

    Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Happy New Year! Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Tom MacCubbin and producer Lizzie Steele to discuss new ideas and gardening goals in 2026. New for Florida: Florida’s Full Moon names and symbols. Tom provides his favorite vegetables for 2026, Teresa’s personal favorite garden moments, Tom’s Top Five Landscape survivors, new scientific discoveries and news, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx   Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more.   https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT   Art in Bloom Garden Tours New garden tours announced! Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Special discount offer! Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

    39 min
  2. Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Happy New Year Special Dec 27 2025

    4D AGO

    Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Happy New Year Special Dec 27 2025

    Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Happy New Year! Helping Teresa Watkins celebrate the end of 2025 are Tom MacCubbin and producer Lizzie Steele. Teresa, Tom, and Lizzie discuss Christmas festivities, the record-breaking weather in 2025, garden bucket (pronounced ‘bouquet’) lists for 2026, and their best gardening moments in 2025, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx   Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more.  https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Art in Bloom Garden Tours are up for 2026. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. New for 2026: The USA's Semiquincentennial Revolutionary Garden Tour, the iconic Chelsea and Newport Flower Shows, Artiste Gardens of France, and more.   Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

    39 min
  3. Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Best Of Christmas December 20 2025

    12/20/2025

    Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Best Of Christmas December 20 2025

    Best of Better Lawns and Gardens Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Dana Venrick, Quality Green Specialists, to discuss poinsettias, how to plant shrubs and trees in December. Dirty Word of the Day is Chill Hours. Gardening questions include how to calculate chill hours in your region, growing apples in Florida, herbicide use on ProVista, Starbust control, and more.  https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Look for Better Lawns and Gardens New Year’s Special with Teresa Watkins, Tom MacCubbin and Lizzie Steele. Saturday, December 27th 7am – 9am. Join Teresa on extraordinary and intimate tours at renowned gardens Art in Bloom Garden Tours The once-in-a-lifetime Semiquincentennial Revolutionary Garden Tour, the historic Chelsea Flower Show, the palatial playground of the rich, the Newport Flower Show and Martha's Vineyard, the fabulous gardens of Buffalo and Canada, Artiste Gardens of France, Brandywine Valley, New Orleans, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Special discount offer! Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

    38 min
  4. Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Merry Christmas From Florida December 20, 2025

    12/20/2025

    Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Merry Christmas From Florida December 20, 2025

    Best of Better Lawns and Gardens. Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  It’s the Winter Solstice. Garden expert Teresa Watkins and producer Lizzie Christmas cookies, December’s cold temperatures, and is there anything you need to do in your garden right now. Teresa’s Top Five plants that hide utilities, a/c units. Garden topics and questions include scratched up Meyer lemons, pruning hibiscus, do seeds need to be cold-stratified, how to grow Donkey Ears, low-maintenance shrubs that only reach 3’ to 4’ tall, and more. https://bit.ly/4diIsZH Look for Better Lawns and Gardens New Year’s Special with Teresa Watkins, Tom MacCubbin and Lizzie Steele. Saturday, December 27th 7am – 9am. Join Teresa on extraordinary and intimate tours at renowned gardens Art in Bloom Garden Tours The once-in-a-lifetime Semiquincentennial Revolutionary Garden Tour, the historic Chelsea Flower Show, the palatial playground of the rich, the Newport Flower Show and Martha's Vineyard, the fabulous gardens of Buffalo and Canada, Artiste Gardens of France, Brandywine Valley, New Orleans, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Special discount offer! Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

    39 min
  5. Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Audubon Christmas Bird Count December 13, 2025

    12/14/2025

    Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Audubon Christmas Bird Count December 13, 2025

    Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Renée Wilson on the eve of the Audubon’s traditional Christmas Bird Count. Dirty Word of the Day is Semelparity. Garden topics and questions include what to  plant in the month of December, ‘Phenomenal’ Lavender, time to fertilize mums, replacing lawn, pine mulch to prevent weeds, soil moisture meters, AI hostas, bluebird houses, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx   Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more.   https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT     Art in Bloom Garden Tours New garden tours announced! Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Special discount offer! Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

    40 min
  6. Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Garden Questions December 13, 2025

    12/14/2025

    Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Garden Questions December 13, 2025

    Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Garden expert, Teresa Watkins answers call in and text questions on what to do in your landscape in December. Teresa’s Top Five Christmas songs that mention plants. Garden topics and questions include sod installation, soil moisture meters, fertilizing winter annuals, clusia disease, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx  Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more.  https://rb.gy/gf8k3s More tours added for 2026 Art in Bloom Garden Tours. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list.    Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. 0. Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

    39 min
  7. Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Best Christmas Gifts December 6, 2025

    12/06/2025

    Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Best Christmas Gifts December 6, 2025

    Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins gets Santa’s gift list from Randy Schultz, editor and founder of Home Garden and Homestead. Dirty Word of the Day is Heterophylla. Garden topics and questions include: What to  plant in the month of December, delphiniums, Eileen’s bird feeders, ‘Phenomenal’ Lavender, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx   Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more.   https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT      Art in Bloom Garden Tours New garden tours announced! Philadelphia Flower Show, Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Special discount offer! Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow  #gardening #gardeninglife #gardens #Gardentours #artinbloom #travel #travelphotography #landscapephotography #iris #wildflowers #topiary #tours #adventure #beauty #flowers #design #photography #flowersonInstagram #gardenson #Instagram

    39 min
  8. Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Best Fruit Trees December 6, 2025

    12/06/2025

    Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Best Fruit Trees December 6, 2025

    Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Celebrating St. Nicholas Day, patron of Christmas gift-giving, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins and Dana Venrick, Quality Green Specialists Nursery talk about stopping by the nursery and giving gift certificates, fruit trees and poinsettias. Teresa’s Top Five Citrus trees resistant to citrus greening. Garden topics and questions include poinsettias, moving rootbound potted Meyers lemon, pruning shrubs, mysterious flower fragrance, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx  Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more.  https://rb.gy/gf8k3s More tours added for 2026 Art in Bloom Garden Tours. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list.    Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

    39 min
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Ratings & Reviews

4.4
out of 5
7 Ratings

About

Better Lawns and Gardens host, Teresa Watkins, provides gardening advice, landscaping tips, interviews garden celebrities, and answers your questions on turf, flowers, shrubs, and trees.  Gardening information for gardeners who want to be sustainable and low maintenance! Topics and interviews include monthly gardening advice on Florida-friendly landscaping, water conservation, landscape design, themed gardens, new garden books, and colorful plants for sun or shade.  Saturday mornings 7am - 9am EST.  iHeart WFLA-AM 540 https://bit.ly/3594wWb The Better Lawns & Gardens Podcast drops every Monday! Subscribe so you don't miss an episode. Call with your questions at 1-888-455-2967 or text 23680. Subscribe to Teresa's free monthly gardening newsletter "In Your Backyard." #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #tropical #floridalife #photography #SHE #fertilizer #turf #grass #landscaping #fruits #vegetables #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #BlackKow #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #iHeart #TeresaWatkins #podcast #liveradio #Southerngardening #South #vegetablegardening #tropicalplants #tropical #iTunes #Amazon #Spotify #SouthernLiving #Bhg #Tampa #Tallahassee #Georgia #Louisiana #Texas #Alabama #landscapingtips #gardenadvice #garden #plants #tropical 

Information

  • Creator
    Teresa Watkins
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
  • Episodes
    500
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Teresa Watkins www.she-consulting.com 2001-2025
  • Show Website
    Better Lawns and Gardens

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