Gardening with the Gardiners

Episode #28: Bulb Bonanza: Fall Planting Tips for Tulips, Daffodils & Crocus and More!

Gardening with the Gardiners Episode # 28 hosts Matt and Hope Gardiner share seasonal garden news — moving tropicals into a new greenhouse, protecting orchids from sunsca

Episode #27: The Great Pumpkin Podcast Special!

Episode #27:  The Great Pumpkin Podcast Special! Hosts Matthew and Hope Gardiner explore everything pumpkins — from their Native American origins and Halloween folklore

Episode #26 Love Your Lawn in Fall

Episode #26 of Gardening with the Gardiners:  Love Your Lawn in Fall.   Hosts Matthew and Hope cover fall lawn care for Kentucky, explaining cool- vs warm-season grasses

Episode #25 September Garden Reset: Your Quick Fall Checklist

In this episode #25 of Gardening with the Gardiners, hosts Matthew and Hope Gardiner walk through a practical September checklist to prepare your garden for fall and next

Episode # 24: Gardens & Giants: Ireland Part 3 — From Ashford to Giant's Causeway

Episode 24 of Gardening with the Gardiners, we wrap up our Ireland travelogue with this Part 3.  Includes highlights from Ashford Castle to the Fairy Bridges, Derry, Conn

Episode #23 Ireland Part 2: Peat Bogs, Stone Walls & Garden Finds

In this episode the Gardiners continue their Ireland travelogue, Part II: exploring Kilkenny, Waterford, Galway and the Burren, visiting the Cliffs of Moher, Rock of Cash

Episode #22 Guinness, Gardens and Grandeur: Our 12-Day Ireland Garden Tour

Hosts Matt and Hope return from a 12-day family trip to Ireland and begin a multi-episode travelogue focused on gardens, landscape design, history, and local brewing trad

Episode #21 Butterflies in Your Backyard: Creating a Pollinator Paradise

In this Episode of Gardening with the Gardiners, Matt and Hope Gardiner, discuss creating butterfly gardens. They cover choosing the right site (full sun and wind protect

Episode #20 Bagworms, Beetles and Aphids OH MY!

Be ready for July's Heat and all of the potential pest problems that can plague your garden.  In this episode Hope and Matt discuss Bagworms, Japanese Beetles, Aphids, Sp

Episode #19 Hydrangeas

Do you want Heavenly Hydrangeas?  Then this is the show for you.   In this episode Hope and Matt discuss all you need to know about one of the Queen's of the flowering sh

Episode #18 Spring Update and Tips

In this episode Hope and Matt give a farm/ spring update.  Instead of the usual format of one main topic, they discuss many tips and action items for the garden/ landscap

Episode #17 Strawberries

Strawberries!   In this episode Hope and Matt discuss all you need to know about many people's favorite fruit, the Strawberry!  We discuss the history and origins, strawb

Episode #16 The Perfect Peony Podcast

The Perfect Peony Podcast.  In this episode Hope and Matt discuss all you need to know about one of the most perfect flowers, the Peony!  We discuss the history and origi

Episode #15 Divide and Conquer! Dividing Perennials in the Spring

Conquer your Garden this spring by dividing, perennials that is.  In this episode Hope and Matt discuss all you need to know about how to divide perennial flowers to incr

Episode #14 Spring Ephemerals

In this episode Hope and Matt continue to discuss all things Spring in the garden with a focus on Spring Ephemerals.  Those beautiful, fleeting gems of the woodland sprin

Episode #13. Spring Cleanups of your Landscape and Gardens

In this episode hope and Matt discuss tips for spring cleanups of your garden and your landscape. What to do to get the garden ready for spring and have your Landscape an

Episode #12 Seed Starting March 2026

In this episode we discuss Seed Starting and everything you need to know to start your seeds indoors now to get a head start on the spring season.  From trays, to growing

Episode #11 Love is in the Air! Skunks, Moles and Voles

Episode #11 Love is in the Air!  Skunks, Moles and Vols.  In this episode, Hope and Matt give an update on their farm and February.  Then they discuss all about skunks, m

Episode #10 Winter House Plant Care 2026

Update on the farm and winter chaos. As well as a discussion about winter house plant care and how to keep your house plants in tip top shape over the winter time.  

Episode # 9 Winter Storm 2026

After too long of a break ,we are back and discussing the winter storm of 2026 and tips for plants and your garden during this time.