Melinda Myers
Gardening ExpertGardening expert, TV/radio host, author Melinda Myers has more than 30 years of horticulture experience and is a columnist and contributing editor for Birds & Blooms magazine.
She has written over 20 gardening books, including Can’t Miss Small Space Gardening, The Garden Book for Wisconsin and Month-by-Month Gardening in Wisconsin. She hosts the nationally syndicated Melinda’s Garden Moment segments, which air on over 130 TV and radio stations throughout the U.S.
Melinda also is the host of the recently released The Great Courses “How to Grow Anything” DVD series (2013). Melinda has a column in Gardening How-to magazine, Wisconsin Gardening magazine and writes the twice monthly Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Gardeners’ Questions” newspaper column. Melinda hosted “The Plant Doctor” radio program on Newsradio 620 WTMJ for over 20 years as well as seven seasons of Great Lakes Gardener on PBS. She has written articles for Better Homes and Gardens and Fine Gardening and was a columnist and contributing editor for Backyard Living magazine.
Melinda has a master’s degree in horticulture, is a certified arborist and was a horticulture instructor with tenure. She is the 2013 recipient of the national American Horticultural Society’s B.Y. Morrison Communication Award.
Twitter: @MelindaGardens
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Many gardeners take winters off, but they may not know what they’re missing. New research suggests gardening can have a lot of health benefits and not just for gardeners, but the entire community. Melinda Myers talks about the health benefits of plants, including those we keep indoors. -
Lake Effect gardening contributor Melinda Myers shares her tips and tricks for kicking off a summer garden right. -
Many popular interior plants are used to tropical forests. The Wisconsin climate, even indoors, can make keeping greenery alive difficult. Lake Effect gardening contributor Melinda Myers gives us her tips for fostering growth indoors. -
Weather in Wisconsin can be tricky and can change from winter tundra to spring day rather quickly. Lake Effect gardening contributor joins the show to teach gardeners how to know when the soil is ready to start digging. -
At this point in the year most of us have put away our gardening tools and packed up our lawn mowers for the winter. But that doesn’t mean that gardening… -
As the number of fall leaves begin to dwindle on trees, they’ve found a new home on our lawns. But before you go and rake them into the street, there… -
The Milwaukee area has been blessed with some amazing weather this week. Warm days that turn into cool nights with just a hint of what’s to come. As we… -
Summer is in full swing and many of us are seeing exponential growth in our gardens. Although much of the planting is over for this year, we’re finally… -
The summer is in full swing and gardens are looking green. But there are always ways to make our flower beds sparkle a bit brighter. Every month, Lake… -
It finally feels like spring outside, which can only mean one thing: rain. The Milwaukee area has been hit with some torrential downpours, leading to…
