Each week, horticulturalist Felder Rushing shares stories, answers questions and just talks gardening. Of course, you’ll hear a bit of “cheesy music” in every program and you might hear a bad joke or two as well. The Gestalt Gardener is a long-time favorite on MPB Think Radio, due in no small part to Felder’s laid-back, your-neighbors-might-talk-but-so-what approach to gardening.
Email Felder anytime at garden@mpbonline.org and listen Friday mornings at 9 and Saturday mornings at 10 to The Gestalt Gardener on MPB Think Radio. And in the meantime, as Felder says, get out and get dirty.
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The Gestalt Gardener | Garden Consultations
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Today, Felder welcomes in Misti's Garden Consultations to the to talk about the great work she does at the Ag Museum! Let's get dirty!
Daffodils and Other Hardy Bulbs fo
Oct 9 1 h 35 min
The Gestalt Gardener | Keep It Simple!
Today, Felder tells us all how everything in your garden like water gardens, green houses, and compost piles, can all be quite easy to take care of if you just follow one
Oct 2 1 h 34 min
The Gestalt Gardener | Back In The South
This week, Felder returns to the green microphone in the MPB studio. Sharing an update about his home garden and answering your southern gardening questions, Felder is ha
Sep 25 1 h 40 min
The Gestalt Gardener | Stop, Sit, and Smell the Flowers
This week, Felder answers questions about the everything that can happen in your garden, from armadillos tearing it up to potatoes growing in a pot. Let's get dirty!
Ema
Sep 18 1 h 29 min
The Gestalt Gardener | Do Plants Feel Pain?
This week, Felder, Java, and our call-in guests talk about a deep, philosophical question: do trees scream when they're hurt? Let's get dirty!
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Sep 11 1 h 31 min
The Gestalt Gardener | Tire Planters
This week, Felder teaches us all about recycling and making use of old things - like worn tires and milk of magnesia bottles - to create something fresh and new. Let's Ge
Sep 4 1 h 29 min
The Gestalt Gardener | Felder Fesses Up!
This week, Felder fesses up to Java and the rest of us that he didn't know something last week, but that he spent all week learning about it so he could talk about it tod
Aug 28 1 h 30 min
The Gestalt Gardener | Summer Time Blooms
This week, Felder is back to help with another round of southern gardening questions! It's hot, so be safe, stay hydrated, and then: Let's get dirty!
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Aug 21 1 h 37 min
The Gestalt Gardener | This Common Mississippi Plant is Extremely Toxic!
This week, tells us about how poisonous some of our favorite flowers might be, specifically Angel's Trumpet... or is it Devil's Trumpet? Let's get dirty!
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Aug 14 1 h 32 min
The Gestalt Gardener | Tomato Growing Is Fun (TGIF!)
This week, Felder goes on a spiel about tomato tasting, picking, and gardening. TGIF - Tomato Growing Is Fun! Let's get dirty!
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Aug 7 1 h 32 min
The Gestalt Gardener | Fantastic Fruits and Where to Grow Them
This week, Felder and Java talk about different fruits and where they grow well. Let's get dirty!
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Jul 31 1 h 30 min
The Gestalt Gardener | Binge-Gardening
It's time to binge-garden! This week, Felder shares pro tips for tomatoes, discusses Jimothy the raccoon, and explains the radiation in bananas. Let's get dirty!
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Jul 24 1 h 32 min
The Gestalt Gardener | Cyclospora & Hydration Breaks
This week, Java and Felder field questions about a number of topics including squash, rosemary, and taking your hydration breaks while gardening. Felder also gives us the
Jul 17 1 h 32 min
The Gestalt Gardener | African Blue Basil
This week, Felder and Java connect from opposite sides of the Atlantic to discuss all your gardening questions. Let's get dirty!
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Jul 10 1 h 29 min
The Gestalt Gardener | Hey Marissa
Marissa Vaughn is joining Felder today to tackle your Southern gardening questions with confidence. Drawing on valuable lessons learned from their grandparents, this gard
Jun 26 1 h 39 min
The Gestalt Gardener | "I'm Eating My Hat!"
This week, Felder is flabbergasted by English cucumbers, the World Cup turf, and resurrecting worms? Let's Get Dirty!
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Jun 19 1 h 33 min
The Gestalt Gardener | An English Bottle Tree
This week, Felder's on Zoom in England but still takes the time to answer questions about English Cucumbers and ask us about his English Bottle Tree. Let's Get Dirty!
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Jun 12 1 h 30 min
The Gestalt Gardener | Felder Went to Java's Garden!
This week, Felder calls in from England and tells us all about his own garden and his trip to Java's garden. Let's Get Dirty!
Email Felder anytime at FelderRushing.Blog
Jun 5 1 h 32 min
The Gestalt Gardener | Fairy Rings & Amethyst Falls
This week, Felder fills us in on things that sound fictional, but that are actually in our Mississippi gardens - like fairy ring mushrooms, amethyst falls wisteria, and e
May 29 1 h 33 min
The Gestalt Gardener | Botanical Gardens
This week, Felder joins from San Diego at a top 20 botanical garden in America! Let's Get Dirty!
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May 22 1 h 26 min
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Always a friendly, fun and educational listen. Love Felder’s calm and flexible approach to gardening and Java is great too!
J B MN · Aug 2022
Felder Rushing paints his bean supports purple, sticks plastic flowers into live plants that look too plain, and is raising a baby opossum named Pogo. Callers with a marvelous range of Mississippi accents ask about problems like tomatoes with black bottoms, and Felder, a trained horticulturalist, offers useful fixes. But he’s also sneaking in life lessons: live and let live; be fully part of this living world; and a few wrinkly leaves won’t kill you.
Houston2995 · Jul 2020
Fielders folksy style and gentle demeanor make me feel like I’m visiting kin folk and asking garden advice. He knows his stuff but let’s others keep their own opinions. I listen and I’m in a totally different climate but just relax when I hear Felders show. 5 stars.
Wren D · Mar 2019
I know Felder, met him a few times.
To a true beginning gardener who knows absolutely nothing about plants, biology, etc. Felder is an ok starting point.
However, to a gardener with any basic knowledge, Felder’s advice leaves much to be desired.
Oftentimes, Felder feels stuck in the 1980’s, as most of his plant recommendations have been out of fashion for decades. He clearly has not kept up with trends in horticulture, and if he has, he certainly does not relay that info to his audience.
He routinely promotes terrible invasive species. In almost every show! Eleagnus, Liriope, English Ivy, Ligustrum, just an endless stream of terrible non-native invasive species emanate from Felder’s mouth without hesitation or consideration.
He also routinely brags about being a former president of the Mississippi Native Plant Society, but then he never promotes native plants! An example: in June of 2023, a lady called in and wanted native plant recommendations to put between a few blueberries. Instead of suggesting things like butterfly milkweed, mountain mint, Chrysogonum, bee balm, or any of the hundreds of plants native to Mississippi that would’ve been appropriate, Felder’s suggestion was “Get a few Lantana and zinnias and call it a day”. Nothing else. So he could have been the dang MNPS founder with a million native plants tattooed on his face and it seemingly wouldn’t influence his suggestions. He’s not going above and beyond. He thinks his audience is dumb. Instead of teaching to the level of the smartest kid in class, or even the level of the kid in the middle, he’s teaching to the level of the kid in the back of the class wearing a helmet and drooling.
We need plant people who will stay ahead of the trends in the industry. Who will promote all of the great native plants that evolved in Mississippi’s climate. We need someone who will champion the state’s natural resources now more than ever.
Felder, just retire buddy. You had a good run. All things must come to an end.
bababooey420 · Aug 2023
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