Focus on Flowers Podcast
Focus on Flowers Podcast
Focus on Flowers is a weekly two-minute program about flowers and gardening hosted by master gardener Moya Andrews.
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About Focus on Flowers
For Moya Andrews, gardening is more than just having pretty flowers to look at – it’s a passion.
In Focus on Flowers she shares not only gardening tips, but some of her fervor for the esthetic of gardens, on occasion even considering gardening as a metaphor for certain aspects of life.
Focus on Flowers airs on WFIU HD1:
* Thursdays at 3:25 p.m.
* Fridays at 3:25 p.m.
* Saturdays at 7:06 a.m.
* Sundays at 7:06 a.m.
The program is also available as a weekly podcast and all episodes are archived for online listening.
Recent Episodes
Flower Trade
Original Airdate: February 19th, 2009
The modern day flower trade has its roots in antiquity. The Romans grew flowers for commercial purposes, and they constructed primitive green houses that forced flowers into early bloom by generating warm temperatures through the use of hot water and steam.
Valentine Flower Sales
Original Airdate: February 12th, 2009
Henry Ward Beecher wrote that “flowers have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings…” On February 14th almost one third of Americans show their feelings by purchasing floral items and about one half of those customers buy roses, and predictably, red is the most popular color.
Botanical Art Today
Original Airdate: February 5th, 2009
Botanical art is back in style at last, having survived ups and downs and various competing trends. It has emerged from its Cinderella status in the last century to being admired in this one.
Unappreciated Botanicals
Original Airdate: January 29th, 2009
During the first half of the 20th Century there was not much interest in botanical art. In fact it was not really considered a bone fide art form.
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