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Flower Power Garden Hour
Musings with people in the world of gardening, botany, horticulture and nature. Marlene takes her years of gardening experience, success and failures and turns it into an unpretentious, humorous listen. From organic vegetable gardening, houseplants, bee keeping, flowers, and everything in between -- this podcast covers it.
Episodes
Flower Power Garden HourWater Wise Gardening – Lawn Transformation and native drought tolerant plants with Taylor Lewis
Taylor Lewis, UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery Manager, discusses water-wise, drought tolerant, California native gardening. Removing a lawn can be…
Flower Power Garden HourFlower Power Garden Hour 11: Vegetable & Flower Gardening Q&A
A round of listener questions fills this week's episode, with a mixed focus on vegetables, pest control & flowers. Specifically, Marlene answers questions…
Flower Power Garden HourFlower Power Garden Hour 10: Eric Cendejas, Orchid Expert
Orchidelerium anybody? It was during the Victorian era that Orchidelerium took hold. Rich socialites & aristocrats hired their own plant hunters to gather and…
Flower Power Garden HourFlower Power Garden Hour 9: Gardening Q&A
Listener questions are the focus of this episode, predominantly looking at flowers and succulents (with of course a dabble of tomato and vegetable gardening…
Flower Power Garden HourFlower Power Garden Hour 8: Tomato Gardening Deep Dive
This episode is a deep dive into tomato planting – how to set your spring/summer vegetable garden up for success. The first half of the episode focuses on the…
Flower Power Garden HourFlower Power Garden Hour 7: Gardening Q&A
You say potato…Horticulturalists say Solanum tuberosum. This week Marlene delves into vegetable gardening discussing potato planting…the do's and don'ts. In…
Flower Power Garden HourFlower Power Garden Hour 6: Matt Amicucci
Vegetable gardening 101 with Matt Amicucci. Matt is an Ag/Environmental chemistry PhD candidate, currently working in conjunction with the Foods For Health…
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Flower Power Garden Hour 5: Joel Ledford
Marlene "The Plant Lady" talks to Joel Ledford, PhD arachnologist at UC Davis…that makes him a spider researcher to us lay people. Marlene & Joel discuss his…
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Flower Power Garden Hour 4: Bob Starnes
Marlene "The Plant Lady" sits down with Bob Starnes, owner of Shale Peak Horticulture. Bob is a leading expert in chemical-free pest management (aka…
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Flower Power Garden Hour 3: Gardening Q&A
Q&A with listener submitted questions. Topics include: Challenges of growing ficus Help with starting tulips Tips for increasing citrus crop yield Hydrangeas!…
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Flower Power Garden Hour 2: Barry Rice
Barry Rice is an astrobiologist, carnivorous plant and succulent researcher, 4th degree Kempo karate black belt and self-proclaimed agnostic Trekkie/Trekker…
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Flower Power Garden Hour 1: Gardening Q&A
Intro to podcast and Marlene the Plant Lady answers questions submitted by listeners. To ask questions for future shows, submit them at Flower Power Garden…