Garden Talk

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

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.

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.

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

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 […]

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.

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.

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.

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.

Our first guest talks about the seasonal Orchid Escape display at Olbrich Gardens. And then our second guest gives us a sneak peak of the upcoming Orchid Quest show and helps answer your orchid questions.