Garden Variety

Whether you're a master gardener, just getting started or somewhere in between - there's always something new to learn in your garden and landscape. On each episode we'll talk with horticulturists, foresters and other experts. We'll learn about vegetable gardens, lawns, native plants, trees and more. Garden Variety is the podcast for all the things you'd like to grow or grow better. Garden Variety is a horticulture podcast from Iowa Public Radio and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.

Now that's un-bean-lievable!
Jun 6, 2025 – 12:58
A conifer-sation with a plant expert
May 30, 2025 – 13:09
These blooms are iris-sistable
May 23, 2025 – 13:02
Kiwi berries? Fur-get about it
May 16, 2025 – 12:46
Import-ant advice for your home and garden
May 9, 2025 – 13:03
Become a succession boss
May 2, 2025 – 13:03
Diseases with the gall to kill our plants
Apr 25, 2025 – 13:10
How to know when it's time to mow
Apr 18, 2025 – 12:52
Lettuce help you with your vegetable garden
Apr 4, 2025 –
What your seedlings are needling
Mar 28, 2025 – 12:43
Midwest isn't the easiest place to bee
Mar 21, 2025 – 12:55
Prune-in to this show for fruit tree tips
Mar 14, 2025 –
The Name Game (plant edition)
Mar 7, 2025 –
Get rich in soil knowledge
Feb 28, 2025 –
Don't cut your flowers' beauty short
Feb 14, 2025 –
Plants that will give you their undying love
Jan 31, 2025 –
You won't forking believe these gardening tips
Jan 17, 2025 –
Ex-seed your expectations this year
Jan 3, 2025 –
Tis the season to be a nutcracker
Dec 20, 2024 –
Dreaming of a green Christmas tree
Dec 6, 2024 –
Kind of a fig deal
Nov 22, 2024 –
BONUS: A rare bee discovery
Nov 18, 2024 – 17:27
Wicked witch of the pest
Nov 15, 2024 –
A look at plant disease trends this year
Nov 8, 2024 –
Shiver me timbers
Nov 1, 2024 –
Gourd big or go home
Oct 25, 2024 –
More like dry-owa
Oct 18, 2024 –
Fall perennials are bloomin brilliant
Oct 11, 2024 –
Bet your autumn dollar
Oct 4, 2024 –
May the forced bulbs be with you
Sep 27, 2024 –
'Tis the season for freezing
Sep 20, 2024 –
Iowa's fields of green are turning gold
Sep 13, 2024 –
Advice for hard-core apple lovers
Sep 6, 2024 –
BONUS: Don’t fear the Ghost Plant
Sep 3, 2024 – 04:17
Plentiful perennials
Aug 30, 2024 –
Unwelcome beehavior
Aug 23, 2024 –
BONUS: Pondering our pollinators
Aug 20, 2024 – 17:31
How to dill with excess herbs
Aug 16, 2024 –
What's shrub got to do with it?
Aug 9, 2024 –
Friend or foe? Predator or prey?
Aug 2, 2024 –
Practice what you peach
Jul 26, 2024 –
Leaf your root worries behind
Jul 19, 2024 –
Cease the disease
Jul 12, 2024 –
Sweet corn is an a-maize-ing summer crop
Jul 5, 2024 –
Nothing a homegrown tomato won't cure
Jun 28, 2024 –
Contain your plants, not your excitement
Jun 21, 2024 –
Born a bramblin man
Jun 14, 2024 –
Welcome to the shrub club
Jun 7, 2024 –
This episode is jam-packed with great advice
May 31, 2024 –
In the mood to brood
May 24, 2024 –

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I look forward to this podcast every week

I found this podcast in the NPR app and it has become one of my very favorites. There isn’t any filler, it’s all content. It gives useful information aimed at people at home, not specialists, but it doesn’t talk down. They bring in interesting experts in their fields. I always walk away with something I hadn’t known before I listened. I hope it runs forever.