March 6 · 10 min
Leisure
Garden Variety
Iowa Public Radio
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.
- 200 episodes
- Updated Friday
Episodes200
- February 20 · 13 min
The bugs are back in town
- February 6 · 12 min
Fine pruning your fruit trees
- January 30 · 5 min
BONUS: Exploding trees? Please!
- January 23 · 12 min
Prune with purpose
- January 9 · 11 min
Getting to the root of African violets
- Dec 22, 2025 · 2 min
BONUS: A ditch tree for free
- Dec 19, 2025 · 12 min
Mistletoe, holly, and all plants jolly
- Dec 5, 2025 · 10 min
A look at the Christmas indus-tree
- Dec 1, 2025 · 4 min
BONUS: Trouble in tropical plant paradise
- Nov 21, 2025 · 12 min
Follow these cider house rules
- Nov 14, 2025 · 12 min
Berry good winter prep
- Nov 11, 2025 · 5 min
BONUS: Respect your insects
- Nov 7, 2025 · 12 min
Leaf me alone
- Oct 31, 2025 · 12 min
Scare your plants off
- Oct 24, 2025 · 13 min
Too bug to fail
- Oct 17, 2025 · 12 min
Daffodil with it
- Oct 10, 2025 · 13 min
Put your vegetable garden to bed
- Oct 6, 2025 · 2 min
BONUS: An acorn storm
- Oct 3, 2025 · 12 min
Fall aboard!