Garden Talk

Apr 12 2025 10 ep. 99 mins 92
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Join host Larry Meiller as he discusses gardening topics with his guests.

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Spring chores and growing pawpaws

Apr 12 2025 99 mins  
Lots to do in the garden in the spring! UW Extension Outreach Specialist Bruce Spangenberg is back to help you with your questions. In the last half hour of the show we take a look at Wisconsin’s Pawpaw Project.

Pocket parks, pruning and planting

Apr 05 2025 99 mins  
We look at how to bring in more pollinators to your garden and community. Then we switch to advice on spring pruning and planting.

Growing berries and starting seeds

Mar 29 2025 99 mins  
We talk with Vijai Pandian about growing berries in your garden. And then we get tips from Diana Alfuth about how to start your seeds early.

Prairie gardens and unique seeds

Mar 22 2025 99 mins  
Two regulars are back on Garden Talk. Consulting ecologist Neil Diboll of Prairie Nursery talks about getting everything ready for your native garden. Seed entrepreneur Jere Gettle is back with highlights from this year’s Baker Seed catalogue.

Grow what you eat, eat what you grow

Mar 08 2025 99 mins  
Eating food that you have grown is a special joy. We talk about how to raise your own mushrooms with our guests from a Wisconsin supplier. Then we talk with a local landscaper who finds ways to add food plants into landscape design

Adaptable plants; Growing sustainable roses

Mar 01 2025 99 mins  
Climate change is affecting everything on earth – including where plants will thrive or barely survive. In this episode we talk about what plants are able to adapt to changing […]

Design trends for 2025; Growing potatoes; Healthy Soil

Feb 22 2025 99 mins  
Like clothing and furnishings, gardens change over time. We talk about current trends and how they can fit into your landscape. Then we talk with a professor and extension educator about growing potatoes. In the last half hour we focus on the importance of good soil.

A new guide to perennials; Unusual houseplants

Feb 15 2025 99 mins  
The American Horticultural Society has a new perennial guide out and we look at selecting plants, using them in your landscape and how to get more blooms. In the second hour we talk about some of the newest houseplant offerings and answer questions about the care of indoor plants.

Live from the Garden & Green Living Expo

Feb 08 2025 99 mins  
Larry Meiller takes "Garden Talk" on the road to the Alliant Energy Center in Madison for a live show from the 2025 Garden & Green Living Expo. Larry is first joined by PBS Wisconsin Expo Manager Amanda Balistreri to talk about this year's show. Then "Garden Talk" favorites Lisa Johnson and Brian Hudelson join in to talk about a wide variety of gardening topics.

National Garden Bureau award winning plants; Straw bale gardening; Growing ferns

Feb 01 2025 99 mins  
We have a wide variety of topics on this episode of Garden Talk. First we take a look at the 2025 Green Thumb award winning plants, then we talk to the father of straw bale gardening, Joel Karsten, and finally a close up look at growing ferns.