"Focus on flowers..."

The distinctive voice of host Moya Andrews (1939-2025) announces those words at the beginning of each episode of our 2-minute program about flower gardening.

After retirement in 2004, Moya created Focus on Flowers as a passion project, and it was her expressed wish that it continue to air on WFIU. In her honor, episodes of Focus on Flowers will continue to broadcast through the remainder of this calendar year. Beyond 2025, it will continue to be shared as a weekly podcast.

For Moya, gardening was more than just having pretty flowers to look at – it was a passion. In Focus on Flowers she shared not only gardening tips, but some of her fervor for the aesthetic of gardens, on occasion even considering gardening as a metaphor for certain aspects of life.

Focus on Flowers airs on WFIU1:

• Thursdays and Fridays at 3:01 p.m.
• Saturdays and Sundays at 6:55 a.m.
  
  
• Anytime as a podcast.

Questions or Comments?

Have a question or comment? Contact LuAnn Johnson, lujohnso@iu.edu.

About the Host

Born in Australia, Moya Andrews (1939-2025) was a Master Gardener and a member of the Bloomington Garden Club in Bloomington, Indiana, where she lived since she joined the faculty of Indiana University in 1971.

Moya began gardening because she wanted to always have flowers for her house, and in her garden she concentrated on flowers, especially perennials, with the goal of never being without something blooming throughout the entire growing season.

In her professional life Moya was Professor Emerita of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Indiana University where she also served as Dean of the Faculties and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. She authored many research articles and textbooks and believed that caring for her garden was similar in many ways to writing and editing.