{"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":"High Impact, Low Effort Flowers","slug":"high-impact-low-effort-flowers","published_at":"2026-05-15T05:41:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201/high-impact-low-effort-flowers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/episodes/High-Impact--Low-Effort-Flowers-e3j0j90","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/5318eb94/podcast/play/119605984/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-6%2F6da826ba-936d-57a8-9feb-38902c089715.mp3","summary":"HIGH IMPACT, LOW EFFORT FLOWERS THAT DO THE WORK FOR YOU When the growing season is moving at breakneck speed, an easy win in the form of copious, gorgeous, hey-I-forgot-about-THOSE! flowers is not only cherished, but longed for. Even gardeners who insist on making things more difficult for themselves (ahem…Marianne?) can enjoy the guilty pleasure of high impact, low effort blooms that do a disproportional amount of the work, and make you look like you know what you’re doing. In this week’s episode of The Garden Mixer, Leslie and Marianne share some of their favorite flower-power plants, and confess that sometimes, their best laid plans are made better by plants who showed up, grabbed a drink, and quietly got on with the business of being beautiful. ___________________ Please hit the subscribe button so we can keep you smiling while you hit the beautiful mess [your garden] out there. 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":"HIGH IMPACT, LOW EFFORT FLOWERS THAT DO THE WORK FOR YOU When the growing season is moving at breakneck speed, an easy win in the form of copious, gorgeou…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4574,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-garden-mixer-3555201/episodes/high-impact-low-effort-flowers/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/high-impact-low-effort-flowers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}