Air Dates: 05 & 08 | 12 & 15 | 19 & 22
Monthly Program Listing

 

Episode #1540
Air Dates: 4/5/07 and 4/8/07

Marty DeHart spotlights one of her favorite perennials for a Tennessee garden, hellebores. And best of all, these long-lasting blooms burst into color during the dead of winter. Sheri Gramer welcomes spring with gorgeous baskets that combine striking foliage with bountiful flowers. Julie Berbiglia visits a school’s river campus where athletic fields and wetlands co-exist in a beneficial environment for man and wildlife. For more information about Joseph Woodard’s hellebores:
www.helleborenursery.com

Sheri’s segment was filmed at Bennett Nurseries
7002 Memorial Parkway NW
Huntsville, AL 35810
256-852-6211
The heucheras that were featured include Peach Melba, Crème Brulee, Mocha Mint, Key Lime Pie and Licorice.

For more information about the River Campus of the University School of Nashville, visit www.usn.org/wetlands

Episode #1541
Air Dates: 4/12/07 and 4/15/07

Troy Marden travels to the nursery capital of the world-McMinnville, Tennessee-and finds the best-performing perennials for a Tennessee garden. Julie Berbiglia visits a unique business in Shelbyville that focuses on a gardener’s best friend, the earthworm. Jeff Poppen, the barefoot farmer, explains why more vegetable gardeners should give celery a try. Julie’s segment was filmed at Tennessee Crawlers www.tennesseecrawlers.com

Troy’s segment was filmed at:
Mary’s Greenhouse
202 Meiser Lane
McMinnville, TN 37110

The selection of tried and true perennials featured were:
• Coreopsis (tickseed) ‘Rising Sun’
• Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Bath’s Pink’ • Pulmonaria (lungwort)
• Bertram Anderson’ and ‘Raspberry Splash’
• Digitalis (foxglove) ‘Camelot Mix’
• Geranium ‘Cranesbill’
• Candytuft ‘Alexander’s White’
• Salvia ‘May Night’
• Carolina Jessamine
• Hemerocallis ‘Stella de Oro’
• Polygonatum ‘Solomon’s Seal’
• Shasta Daisy ‘Becky’
• Athyrium nipponicum (Japanese painted fern)
• Dicentra spectablis (Bleeding Heart)
• Hosta tardiana ‘Halcyon’
• Astilbe • Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan) ‘Goldstrum’
• Verbena Canadensis ‘Homestead Purple’
• Helleborus ‘Pink Lady’
• Creeping phlox

Episode #1542
Air Dates: 4/19/07 and 4/22/07

Catherine Darnell visits a gardener in Dickson whose passion for tomatoes is unrivaled. Marianne Jones grows 2,500 varieties of open-pollinated heirloom tomatoes and now has her own seed company. Marty DeHart then demonstrates how easy it is to start tomatoes from seed. Troy Marden gives timely advice for caring for perennials, shrubs and trees affected by the sustained freezing temperatures in April.

For more information about Marianne Jones and heirloom tomatoes: www.mariseeds.com

Marty has suggested the following seed suppliers:
Seed Savers Exchange
563-382-5990
www.seedsavers.org

Harris Seed
800-514-4441
355 Paul Road P.O. Box 24966
Rochester, NY 14624-0966

Tomato Growers Supply
www.tomatogrowers.com

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
www.southernexposure.com

Tanager Song Farm
www.tanagersongfarm.com

Burpee
www.burpee.com

Park Seed
www.parkseed.com

 

Volunteer Gardener will be pre-empted 4/26/07 and 4/29/07

 

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