Garden Variety

Iowa Public Radio

50 episodes · en

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.

Episodes

Getting bark to basics
13 min · Jun 19, 2026
Grape vines think alike
13 min · Jun 12, 2026
Closer I am to vine
13 min · Jun 5, 2026
Grow with the flow
13 min · May 29, 2026
Diversi-tree is key
13 min · May 22, 2026
We didn't start the fire blight
13 min · May 15, 2026
Lawn story short
13 min · May 1, 2026
Berry good blueberry tips
13 min · Apr 24, 2026
Small but might-tree
13 min · Apr 17, 2026
Get a thrillium from trillium
13 min · Apr 10, 2026
Pest in show
13 min · Apr 3, 2026
Grow with what you know
13 min · Mar 27, 2026
Stumped on which tree to pick?
13 min · Mar 13, 2026
The root to great fruit
11 min · Mar 6, 2026
The bugs are back in town
13 min · Feb 20, 2026
Fine pruning your fruit trees
13 min · Feb 6, 2026
BONUS: Exploding trees? Please!
6 min · Jan 30, 2026
Prune with purpose
13 min · Jan 23, 2026
BONUS: A ditch tree for free
3 min · Dec 22, 2025
A look at the Christmas indus-tree
11 min · Dec 5, 2025