Take an Expert into Your Garden: Bayer Advanced™ Launches New Podcasts Featuring Lance Walheim

Bayer Advanced is the First of the Big Three National Consumer Lawn and Garden Companies To Offer Free Gardening Podcasts to the Public

Raleigh, NC ? Bayer Advanced, one of the most popular consumer lawn and garden brands in the United States, announces the launch of a series of podcasts featuring Bayer Advanced" Garden Expert Lance Walheim, author or contributor to more than 30 gardening books, including the best-selling Roses for Dummies and Lawn Care for Dummies. Bayer Advanced is the first of the Big Three national consumer lawn and garden companies to offer free podcasts to the public.

"Millions of iPods and Mp3 players are being sold in this country and consumers are using them for more than just listening to music," says Bayer Advanced Head of Marketing Mark Schneid. "They've become revolutionary, portable, easy-to-use, information sources. We want homeowners to take Lance Walheim into their own yards to listen to his helpful tips and create the most beautiful lawns and gardens within their own neighborhoods."

"Gardening is the #1 leisure activity and we're here to help," says Walheim. "My podcasts are a fast and easy way to get the information you need while you're working in your garden. It's like I'm there working with you on the weekends, and you don't even have to make me lunch or even a glass of lemonade!"

Each podcast features a different gardening topic including container gardening, rose care, tree care and general insect control. Just visit the Bayer Advanced Garden and Lawn Podcasts to download each podcast, or you can subscribe to the podcasts via Apple iTunes or other popular podcasting software. Subscribers will receive new updates approximately every month.

About Bayer Advanced

Bayer Advanced lawn and garden products are created by Bayer Environmental Science, a business unit of Bayer CropScience LP and part of the Bayer AG family, a Fortune Global 500 company that makes such well-known brands as Bayer Aspirin, Aleve® and Alka-® Research Triangle Park, NC, is the business headquarters of the company''s NAFTA Region. Kansas City, MO, is the company''s core technology center. The global headquarters of Bayer CropScience is located in Monheim, Germany.

Bayer Advanced products deliver Better Science. Better Results.™ and carry a money-back guarantee. They are available at major retailers and independent garden shops across the United States. You can learn more by visiting www.bayeradvanced.com or by calling 1-877-BAYERAG.

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