Air Dates: 02 & 05 | 23 & 26 | 30 & 9/02 |
Monthly Program Listing

 

Episode #1508
Air Dates: 8/2/07 and 8/5/07

On today’s episode, we’ll take a new look at an old friend. Sally Reynolds visits the Nashville Zoo and sees how the wealth of horticulture adds to the overall experience and enjoyment for visitors. Then Sheri Gramer profiles a terrific new rose called Home Run; Julie Berbiglia finds her spirit uplifted at a children’s memorial garden; and Marty DeHart has a list of garden plants that carry a caution sign for toxicity.

www.nashvillezoo.org
3777 Nolensville Road Nashville, TN 37211
615-833-1534

The Home Run rose was taped at
Bennett Nurseries
7002 Memorial Parkway
North Huntsville, AL 35810
256-852-6211

For more information about the Children’s Memorial Garden, contact
The Black Children’s Institute of Tennessee
615-366-5530
email: voicesforchildren@bcitn.org

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Volunteer Gardener will not air 8/9/07 or 8/16/07 due to special programming.

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Episode #1608
Air Dates: 8/23/07 and 8/26/07

For this edition of Volunteer Gardener, Marty DeHart visits with a Chattanooga daylily hybridizer and learns his process of growing thousands of new seedlings to come up with a handful of new beauties each year. Troy Marden visits with a self-proclaimed plant collector whose thriving garden beds feature diverse specimens from tropicals to Alaskan cedars. Finally, Tammy Algood puts vine-ripened tomatoes to good use in Chicken Breasts with Tomato Basil Glaze.

Marty’s segment was taped at Chattanooga Daylilies
423-842-4630
www.chattanoogadaylilies.com

Episode #1609
Air Dates: 8/30/07 and 9/2/07

Join us for this episode of Volunteer Gardener as Annette Shrader pays a mid-summer visit to the gardens of Jimmy Williams. This Paris, Tennessee native shares his secrets for keeping the perennial beds looking picture-perfect all season long. Sally Reynolds calls in a tree expert to evaluate and help save a weeping Japanese maple severely damaged by the freeze. And we’ll travel to Red Boiling Springs to the organic farm of Jeff Poppen to learn his recipe for soil-enriching compost tea.

To contact Jeff Poppen, email him at jeff@barefootfarmer.com or visit www.barefootfarmer.com

 

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