Father’s Day--for the show airing June 13th and 14th, 2009

There’s something special about dads and their yards.  The lawn implements, the smells, the grill--they all remind us of Dad.  Perhaps your memories of Dad In The Yard are like Blinda’s: structured, controlled chores orchestrated and presided over by a military patriarch.  Or perhaps your memories are more like Shawn’s: waiting all day for his father to emerge from his hungover slumber, shuffle outside in his grown-up jammies, and throw a frozen lump of hamburger meat on the grill.  Ah, the manly joy of providing for one’s offspring!

There must have been something defining about those half-frozen burgers, because Shawn subsequently grew up to dedicate his life to designing, implementing, and talking about really good, really fulfilling outdoor living.  The kind of outdoor living that involves delicious burgers, cooked properly.

Now he’s the owner of a 5-time international award-winning landscape architecture design/build company in Spring, Texas--that’s Mirror Lake Landscapes, Pools, & Waterfalls.  And a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture.  And a Bachelor of Floriculture (both Texas A&M).  And a former Rice University Lecturer of Landscape Design.  And, most relevantly, the host of Your Livable Garden radio show.

So Shawn and Blinda spend most of their time at Mirror Lake-- But when they’re not creating award-winning designs for outdoor living, they’re tapping their experience and sharing what they know on Your Livable Garden.  And this week is no different.  You’ll hear stories from grown men about their experiences with their dads in the great outdoors, and you’ll also hear from both sides of that great manly debate: Which is Better, Grilling With Charcoal or Gas?

So don’t forget to tune in this Saturday from 6-8am on KSEV 700AM, and
Sunday from 10-noon on KNTH 1070AM!