Garden & Landscape

Iowa DNR forester Mark Vitosh talks about pruning shade trees in a way that’ll strengthen and hopefully help them withstand the tests of weather and time.

This "Hort Day" edition of Talk of Iowa, we find out how to take care of orchids.

This "Hort Day" edition of the show talks about the Poinsettia, its history and how to care for the plants through the holiday season.

On this "Horticulture Day" edition of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe is joined by DNR forester Mark Vitosh to learn about the best practices for taking care of Christmas trees

Host Charity Nebbe is joined by Cindy Haynes and Gail Nonnecke of Iowa State University on this "horticulture day" edition of Talk of Iowa.

As the use of cover crops continues to increase on local farms, home gardeners may be interested in trying the practice in their very own backyard.

Spiders are everywhere this time of year. Invading our warm houses and dangling from large artificial webs to startle trick or treaters. We all encounter spiders all the time, but a lot of what we know about them is wrong.

Leaves are falling and it’s almost time to put the mower away, but give yourself a minute. There’s still a bit more lawn care to tend to before closing up shop for the season.

Fall is here and beautiful colors are creeping across the landscape.

A heartfelt tribute to ISU Extension Horticulturist Richard Jauron who is retiring.