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Episode #1440
Air Dates: 4/6/06 & 4/9/06

Tune in for this spring edition as Marty DeHart tours a demonstration vegetable garden that’s designed and maintained by dedicated master gardeners. This garden displays successful growing techniques for the South as well as a variety of organic fertilization methods. Also on the show, Catherine Darnell finds a bit of Italy in the garden designs of a Frankewing, Tennessee resident. Julie Berbiglia researches the possibilities of landscaping with native plants on a visit to Warner Park Nature Center in Nashville.

The demonstration vegetable garden is located within
Huntsville Botanic Garden
4747 Bob Wallace Avenue
Huntsville, TN 35805
256-830-4447
www.hsvbg.org

Warner Parks Nature Center
7333 Highway 100 in Nashville
615-352-6299

Warner Park’s featured native plants
1. Blunt-lobed woodsia- Woodia obtusa
2. Resurrection fern- Polypodium polypodioides
3. Fragile fern- Cystopteris protrusa
4. Glade fern- Athyrium pycnocarpon
5. Blue pickerel weed- Pontederia cordata
6. Lizard’s tail- Saururus cernuus
7. Arrowhead- sagittaria latifolia (Alismataceae)
8. American burreed- Sparganium Americana Sparganiaceae
9. Tennessee coneflower- Echinacea tennesseensis
10. Butterfly weed- Asclepias tuberosa
11. Pink milkweed- Asclepias incarnata
12. Yarrow- Achillea millefolium
13. White monarda- Monarda clinopodia
14. Dogbane- Apocynum cannabium
15. Ironweed- Veronica gigantea
16. Black-eyed Susan- Rudbeckia triloba
17. Coral honeysuckle- Lonicera sempervirens

 

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Episode #1441
Air Dates: 4/13/06 & 4/16/06

We’ll look at a wide variety of plants on this episode of Volunteer Gardener. First, we follow Marty DeHart as she enjoys the beauties found in the Sand’s Orchids booth at the Antiques and Garden Show. Then Annette Shrader tours a woodland backyard full of delightful paths and wonderful wildflowers. Troy Marden shares some of his favorite perennials; and Tammy Algood goes Italian with a tortellini dish featuring dried tomatoes and eggplant croutons.

Sand’s Orchids, Inc.
P.O. Box 703043
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32170-3043
386-427-8711
www.sandsorchids.com

Troy’s segment was filmed at Mouse Creek Nursery
Riceville, TN.
Contact: Ruth Baumgardener
423-462-2666

Featured plants:
Persicaria microcephala ‘Red Dragon’
Leucanthemum x.superbum ‘Becky’- Daisy
Leucanthemum x.superbum ‘Snowcap’-Daisy
Achillea ‘Anthea’-Yarrow
Callirhoe involucrate-Wine cups

 

Episode #1442
Air Dates: 4/20/06 & 4/23/06

On this episode of Volunteer Gardener, Marty DeHart instructs viewers on beneficial mulching products and proper techniques; Sheri Gramer is in the workshop demonstrating how to dry fruits and vegetables for use in crafts; Jeff Poppen discusses how the modern-day farmer can be successful through community supported agriculture; and Annette Shrader shares some trees and shrubs that boast beautiful blooms.

Featured plants:
Cucumber magnolia or Big leaf magnolia – Magnolia acuminate
Mockorange- Phildelphus
Weigela

Episode #1443
Air Dates: 4/27/06 & 4/30/06

We start up a series this week with Annette Shrader as she sets out to re-work a perennial border for maximum enjoyment; Troy Marden sets out to find unusual plants that will make a statement in the garden; and Julie Berbiglia joins Davidson County master gardeners as they lend time and talent to the beautification of the Nashville City Cemetery.

Troy’s segment was filmed at Greenhouse Gallery
1415-1/2 West Main Street
Lebanon, TN
615-443-7756.

Featured plants:
Harry Lauder’s walking stick- Corylus avellana contorta
Weeping bald cypress- Taxodium distichum

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