{"podcast":{"title":"The Garden Mixer","slug":"the-garden-mixer-3555201","podcast_index_feed_id":3555201,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/5318eb94/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.lhgardens.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/13841421/13841421-1734374769499-1a48ab81f05d3.jpg","author":"Leslie Harris and Marianne Willburn","episode_count":182,"summary":"The Garden Mixer is a bi-weekly gardening podcast hosted by Marianne Willburn, garden author and columnist, and Leslie Harris, host of Into the Garden with Leslie. Each episode blends practical gardening advice for beginners, thoughtful insight for experienced gardeners, and plenty of humor, as Marianne and Leslie mix opinions, strategies, listener questions, expert guests, and the occasional cocktail. If you’re looking for a gardening podcast that’s honest, informative, and genuinely fun — not preachy or perfect — this is your place. 🌱 Gardening shouldn’t be boring. 📺 Full video episode","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T14:23:10.159522+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201"},"episode":{"title":"#22 Ten Great Ornamental Grasses Episode","slug":"22-ten-great-ornamental-grasses-episode","published_at":"2025-07-25T05:22:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201/22-ten-great-ornamental-grasses-episode","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/episodes/22-Ten-Great-Ornamental-Grasses-Episode-e35hfj8","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/5318eb94/podcast/play/105479208/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-6-14%2Ff3b38e6b-520f-680f-3463-da35da3079c0.mp3","summary":"They’re deer resistant, drought resistant, and boredom-resistant — and they’re not without controversy. Ornamental grasses might be the magic texture your garden has been missing all these years. Whether you want to ‘blur and merge’ as per Grasses for Gardens and Landscapes author Neil Lucas, or ‘punch and soften’ as per the more violent of your two co-hosts, Marianne Willburn — using ornamental grasses strategically can help your garden relax and sway into summer, filling gaps, feathering edges, and giving you three-season architecture without the bagworms. Join Leslie and Marianne as they share with listeners their top ten ornamental grasses and discuss why they are willing to risk censure and scorn for more than one of them. Plus, Marianne confesses to a criminal act. And it’s not displaying her bare over-50 arms either. Leslie’s criminal act this week is using the term “Tips and Tricks” before Marianne takes a sip of something that can help her cope with hearing it. _______________________________ Be sure to hit the subscribe button so we can keep you smiling while you hit the mess [your garden] out there. ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠The Garden Mixer |Podcast on Spotify⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ Full Show Notes at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠The Garden Mixer Podcast’s Substack⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ________________________________ Socials – Pick Your Platform: Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@thegardenmixer⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ Indulge us on TikTok ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@the.garden.mixer⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ Spar with us on X ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@gardenmixerpod⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ “French Bistro” theme by Adieu Adieu. License D0LZBINY30GGTBBW","meta_description":"They’re deer resistant, drought resistant, and boredom-resistant — and they’re not without controversy. Ornamental grasses might be the magic texture your…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3448,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-garden-mixer-3555201/episodes/22-ten-great-ornamental-grasses-episode/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201/22-ten-great-ornamental-grasses-episode.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}