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Shrubby BuddiesIt's A Word Association Garden Threesome!Have some fun with the Shrubby Buddies this week, as we make plant groupings from word associations. Warning: This episode may contain silly content...Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-07-3048 minShrubby BuddiesBeat the Heat: Staying Busy in the Summer GardenIn this week’s episode, we catch up on the past two weeks, discuss Cultivate ‘25, talk unpopular opinions and provide advice on how to stay busy in the summer garden! Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-07-2344 minShrubby BuddiesFriends at Cultivate '25On this week's episode we are taking a walk around the trade show at American Horts, Cultivate '25! Along our walk we stopped to catch up with a few friends, new and old, and asked them a few questions to give y'all a little inside into their lives, and what they do to help better this industry. Hope you enjoy!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-07-1643 minShrubby BuddiesA Beacon of Light in the Dark, Shady GardenIt's hot out there folks, and if you're going to be in the garden you may as well be out of the sun. In this episode we'll discuss tried and true shade tolerant plants that can brighten the darkest corner of your garden. Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-07-0243 minShrubby BuddiesPlant Trivia in the Breathing Room...Dutchmill StyleIn this week's episode, we take our talents to Dutchmill Greenhouse! Join us for an hour of fun plant trivia that we hosted for the wonderful Summer Solstice event, held this past weekend in the greenhouse "Breathing Room!" Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-06-2551 minShrubby BuddiesSnack Attack! A Nod to the ServiceberryIn this week’s episode we pay tribute to the wonderful serviceberry, and many other tasty landscape forage you may be passing by. So if you're stranded in the forest, or lost in the city without a snack to power you through, you'll want to listen and learn all about these wonderful treats that nature provides!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-06-1854 minShrubby BuddiesAcorns of Wisdom: The Wizardry of TreesTrees are cool, duh! Let's take a look at some of the reasons why trees are so special, how to tell them apart and what they can do for you. Touch trees!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-06-1150 minShrubby BuddiesFronds with BenefitsIn the final episode of our series on foliage texture, let's take a look at delicate, fine textured leaves. Forget the lingerie, this is all the lace and frill you need in your life.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-06-0451 minShrubby BuddiesGet Your Strap OnOn this week's episode let’s continue our series on foliage texture as we highlight perennials with strappy, grass-like leaves. We’ll also give suggestions on what to pair and group with your strapping, photosynthetic lads and lasses.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-05-2153 minShrubby BuddiesChunky Plants Need Love TooIn this episode, we’re going foliage full frontal. Join us as we dive deep into the world of bold, bodacious foliage and the leafy drama queens that steal the spotlight in any perennial garden.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-05-1451 minShrubby BuddiesBlasting Into Mother's Day Weekend With ColorOn this week's episode, let's take a dive into some of our favorite annual flowers and foliage plants sure to make your house WOW this summer! So take some notes, and get your list ready for a weekend of shopping at your favorite garden center; it's a color blast-o-rama!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-05-0754 minShrubby BuddiesLets Showcase the Plants, Not the MulchIn this week's episode of the podcast, we explore what mulch is, how it should be used, and how we may have it all wrong. So listen as we discuss good mulch practices, and what you should be doing to give your plants the best chance to thrive!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-04-3042 minShrubby BuddiesHappy Earth Day!Earth Day is every day, but especially today! In this episode the Shrubby Buddies get fresh with your mother, Mother Earth that is! Sit back and relax as we expose our favorite plants, perfectly suited for her ecological pleasure. Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-04-2359 minShrubby BuddiesTaking Out the Trash (Botanically Speaking)In this weeks episode, we talk about the garbage invasive plants that everyone keeps planting in their landscapes! We discuss what they are, why you shouldn't be planting them, and offer a robust list of more appealing and responsible alternatives! Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-04-161h 00Shrubby BuddiesSpring Ding Dong, Get to the Garden Center!On this weeks episode, we share some tips for your next visit to the local garden center and how you can make it a successful trip! We also share some insight into early spring veggies, and what you should be planting outside NOW!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-04-0945 minShrubby BuddiesEarly Woodies Bearing Colorful GoodiesOn this week’s episode we gush about our favorite early flowering trees and shrubs! Join us, and learn what you can be adding to the landscape to make your neighbors envious of your post-winter gardens! Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-04-0246 minShrubby BuddiesTime to get down and dirty with the Shrubby Buddies in 2025!Matt and Tim are back at ya from zone 6b! In this episode let’s trim some plants, prep the gardens and get ready for another growing season! From edging to mulching and mowing to culling, we hope to get you and your gardens all tuned up for spring ‘25.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-03-2641 minShrubby BuddiesDropping In From Up North!On this episode we are just dropping in to say hey, and fill you all in with what we've been up to! So join us from the snowy cabin in the Motherland, and enjoy this very informal bonus episode!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2025-01-2327 minShrubby BuddiesThe Complete Holiday Gift Guide for the Gardener on your ListNo lumps of coal here - From threads to kicks, and power tools to more simple ones, the Shrubby Buddies have you covered! Get your special gardener, plant nerd or outdoors lover the perfect gift for the 2024 holiday season. Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-11-271h 00Shrubby BuddiesPlants: Inside EditionIt’s getting cold so your tropical plants came inside, now what? In this episode the Shrubby Buddies help make the transition from outdoors to indoors more simple and rewarding.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-11-2054 minShrubby BuddiesHey, Look at That! The Sights and Sounds of Hort Nerds in a Tree Museum.Take a stroll with the Shrubby Buddies as we record our first episode on the move, walking about the Chadwick Arboretum at The Ohio State University. We’ll gush about the charming character of fall trees and evergreens, and listen as we meet Ohio’s newest tree nemesis for the very first time.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-11-1348 minShrubby BuddiesDivide and ConquerStrategies for fall garden cleanup that will set you up for spring success.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-11-0643 minShrubby BuddiesPeep the Leaves! Fall Foliage FrenzyThere are tons of plants turning color out there and in this episode the Buddies share with you the elite ones, the A-listers, the heavy hitters.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-10-3051 minShrubby BuddiesThe Shrubby Buddies: Interview EditionGet to know the buddies as Matt and Tim ask one another questions, raw and unscripted. The plant questions should be easy, but watch out for those curveballs, boys.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-10-2351 minShrubby BuddiesFrom Holland to Ohio: Talking Bulbs with Bob BerbeeJoin us this week as we interview Bob Berbee from Leo Berbee Bulb Company and Dutchmill Greenhouse in Marysville, Ohio. We dive into the history of the company, bulb shortages, the challenges of operating a retail garden center, and even get a little inside knowledge of Bobs favorite bulbs for each season! Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-10-0946 minShrubby BuddiesDirty Dozen: 12 plants that belong in the compost, not the gardenSome plants are rubbish; many due to invasive tendencies and others just because the Shrubby Buddies say so. Listen as the guys reveal their 12 most despised plants that can still be found at garden centers.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-10-0243 min
Link Ahead with the City of Dublin, OhioDublin horticulture experts offer tips on fall gardens, keeping deer away and whether or not to water your yardDid you know now is a good time to head to your favorite garden center, as prices are lower? Even though fall is here, you have all kinds of options for a gorgeous autumn garden, and we have a couple of true experts to help you set it up! Tim Fleischer and Matt Guthrie are horticulturists for the City, and you've seen and likely admired their work all over town — from our parks to roundabouts. Tim and Matt also share insider secrets with Lindsay and Bruce, like what tools they can't live without and the must-haves to get through ho...2024-09-2527 minShrubby BuddiesSurvivor Perennials: RevisitedWell, this Ohio drought seems to be never ending, so let's add to our list of perennials that can outwit, outlast, and outgrow this record setting drought!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-09-2546 minShrubby BuddiesAutumnal Displays: Fall into Something Different this YearOn this weeks episode, we will give some different ideas to help change up your typical fall flower displays! Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-09-1852 minShrubby BuddiesXylem up, Phloem down: A not-so-scientific look at what makes trees specialJoin us this week as we discuss some of the things that make trees fun and special, and we just answer some questions you have about why trees behave the way they do! I hope you all enjoy, and maybe take away some fun little facts that you can share with your friends!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-09-1148 minShrubby BuddiesHot for HydrangeasOn this week's episode, we take a look at the world of Hydrangeas. Join us as we discuss the different species, maintenance, attributes, and some of our favorite cultivars. Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-09-0455 minShrubby BuddiesFlyin' Solo with Matthew COn this weeks episode, Matt is all alone on a podcast plant island. Timmy is out with family business, so join us as we learn a little bit about Matt, and what's surviving in his gardens, as he is dealing with the nasty heat and drought!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-08-2832 minShrubby BuddiesThe Fascinating World of Milkweeds and MonarchsThis week we are joined with a very special guest, our amazing bestie and the milkweed queen herself, Brenna Rutan! Come with us as we discuss a few of our favorite milkweeds, insects they host, and of course, the beautiful monarch butterfly!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-08-2148 minShrubby BuddiesSummer 2024, An Annual AffairIf the Shrubby Buddies were herbaceous plants, not hardy to zone 6, we'd totally have a hot & steamy affair with these, our top-performing annuals for summer of 2024.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-08-1442 minShrubby BuddiesNerdin' Out with the PPA in Asheville NCOn this week's episode, we'll dive into a recap of our week in Asheville, North Carolina at the Perennial Plant Association's National Symposium. Join us as we share fun stories and sell you on our new love for Asheville, North Carolina and all of its horticultural wonders!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-08-0750 minShrubby BuddiesLive from Asheville NC, with Brie ArthurOn this week's episode of Shrubby Buddies, we are in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina at the Perennial Plant Association National Symposium. We had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Brie Arthur (AKA Brie the Plant Lady), and discuss the Foodscape Revolution, Gardening with Grains, and all sorts of other horticultural goodies! If you don't know who Brie is, you're about to find out what you've been missing!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-07-3147 minShrubby BuddiesThat's a Wrap, Cultivate 2024This week we take time to share with you a little about our recent days spent at American Horts, Cultivate 2024. Come take a listen as we talk about some new plants, newly cultivated relationships, tools, new plant programs and more! Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-07-2435 minShrubby BuddiesSmall Trees, Big Personalities Part 2Join us this week as we wrap up our 2 part talk about using tiny woodies in tight spaces. We will discuss more of our "go to" small, ornamental trees for the landscape.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-07-1749 minShrubby BuddiesSmall Trees, Big Personalities Part 1Using tiny woodies in tight spaces. Join us as we discuss our go to small, ornamental trees for the landscape.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-07-1047 minShrubby BuddiesSurvivor Perennials!To celebrate our 10th episode, we are going to talk about 10 of our favorite perennials that can outwit, outlast, and outgrow the hottest drought!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-06-2645 minShrubby BuddiesHip Hip HooRAY!Nothing says summer flowers like a classic ray flower! Join us as we discuss what these blooms, with a sunny disposition, can do for your garden.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-06-1943 minShrubby BuddiesGarden Intervention: Time for an early season talk with your plants...On this weeks episode, we are recording from a little slice of paradise in Northwest Ohio, and talking about early-mid season garden intervention. We dive into dead-heading, cutting back for sturdier plants, and when to prune some early flowering shrubs! Join us on this super helpful and informative episode, and listen to us talk some about The Ohio Prairie Farmers little Oasis that he gets to call home!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-06-1242 minShrubby BuddiesHort Yeah! Friends with plant benefits.Join the three of us we as laugh our way through an episode full of friendship, fun and flowers! In this episode we will discuss exciting ways to spend time in and around gardens with friends and family! Your passion for plants doesn't have to be a solo mission, it can be fun for everyone!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-06-0536 minShrubby BuddiesGrass Warfare: Mowers vs. MeadowsThe debate between a naturalistic no mow lawn and a lawn that resembles a golf course is HOT! In this episode the Shrubby Buddies are all opinions and here to cool things off with a middle ground approach.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-05-2939 minShrubby BuddiesChlorophyll Climax: The Quest for Adequately Watering your PlantsMoisture is the key to success in your beds, so come join us on a wet and wild adventure to making sure your plants stay happy!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-05-2243 minShrubby BuddiesAlphabet Soup for the Gardening Soul!Today we're rolling the dice and giving you some off the cuff plant name nuggets. With our very special guest Amelia, we will be rolling a Scattergories die and rapid-fire style, banter about plants that start with the rolled letter!Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-05-1541 minShrubby BuddiesGrow a Spine! Adding shrubs as the backbone to your perennial border.In this episode we discuss a handful of our favorite deciduous and evergreen woody shrubs that can add structure to your perennial border.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-05-0837 minShrubby BuddiesLet Us Help You Please Your Mom On Mothers Day!With Mother's Day pending, the Shrubby Buddies want make sure you have the tools, tricks, and just the tips to pleasure mom on her special day.Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-05-0136 minShrubby BuddiesApril Showers Bring April FlowersWe've all heard the saying "April showers brings May flowers", but on this episode, we're going to talk about some perennials, shrubs, and trees that will help bring early season color to your garden! Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!2024-04-2454 min