Host Tom Spencer meets with William Welch, co-author of Heirloom Gardening in the South: Yesterday’s Plants for Today’s Gardens, illustrates our cultural garden design melting pot and some of its pioneer plants.
A video showing and describing the seeds that will be going in my 2011 garden. Subscribe today to keep up with this years growing season.
Designer Casey Boyter found a new love to combine her interest in garden design and architecture: green roofs. After a cross-country tour to explore every green roof she could find, she returned to Austin, Texas to bring green roofs to everyone. On a 250 square foot roof on a new bunkhouse at her home, she designed an intensive green roof that supports waterwise cascading roses, perennials that attract wildlife, clumping grasses, and even a tiny lawn. Music provided by Sandy Carson of Iglomat.
The Blundering Gardener: Rainy weather getting you down? Lighten up!
A reader named Grace Schrunk emailed me about a garden-lighting idea she came up with years ago and has been perfecting ever since.
Paulie confronts the garden, Gary Lamana, over what happened to Sal Vitro.
A video showing and describing the seeds that will be going in my 2011 garden. Subscribe today to keep up with this years growing season.
In Elm Mott, Texas, master gardener James Bays creates destinations under a canopy of trees. Along with his garden design, he crafts the garden structures and furniture from wood he mills himself. He gardens on a budget, making the most of pots, plants and materials that he recycles/reuses.
SIUE’s chief gardener is moving on
Doug Conley, director of The Gardens at SIUE, is leaving to take the new position of director of gardens and grounds at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Gross Pointe Shores, Mich.
Tour hands-on gardens designed by Travis County Master Gardeners for water-wise ideas, rain water collection, patios, garden art, and plants for shade and grueling sun.
Kelly Bender from Texas Parks and Wildlife offers wildlife friendly alternatives to invasive plants. She and Tom Spencer explore how invasives like nandina, ligustrum, chinaberry, and Chinese tallow swallow up native diversity. Instead, she offers drought-tough alternatives for beautiful gardens will reward you with backyard beneficial wildlife.
UConn Master Gardener Program Those Willing To Give Back
Whether you want to learn about the latest in less-toxic pesticides or just be able to tell the difference between a peony and a petunia, the University of Connecticut’s master gardening program is for the novice gardener and green thumbs alike.
When master gardener Randy Case updated his 1950s home, he gave it a new look outside, too. He turned a yard of grass and foundation plants into arenas of gardens and living spaces.
This Green Garden award-winner actually begins in the front yard. When they bought their house, Sherry Cordry and Paul Mair stepped out everyday to a front lawn and imposing row of photinias. Now, the front yard is more than a pass-through to get the newspaper. They’ve turned it into a front garden lounge, encircled with waterwise plants that attract wildlife. They also attract the neighborhood, who’s made this front yard their favorite bistro and place to hangout with their children.
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Originally posted 2011-01-22 06:36:53. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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