Air Dates: 06 & 09 | 13 & 16 | 20 & 23 | 27
Monthly Program Listing

 

Episode #1610
Air Dates: 9/06/07 and 9/09/07

On this episode of Volunteer Gardener, Marty DeHart visits the hybridizer behind Mid-South roses in Brighton, Tennessee. Whit Wells’ beautiful rose introductions are favorites of both exhibitors and collectors alike. Annette Shrader stops in on a Clarksville farmer who is using certain construction waste as a soil amendment to his sweet potato beds. We’ll see how this eco-friendly experiment is working. Julie Berbiglia tours a rooftop garden in downtown Nashville where native perennials, shrubs and trees are thriving. Tammy Algood explains the best storage ideas to keep foods fresh.

Whit Wells’ roses are available by calling 901-476-6064 or visit www.twosistersroses.com/whitwells.html

For more information on the joint project between University of Tennessee and Tennessee State University Extension Service regarding the sweet potato amendment experiment, contact one of the following:
Finis Stribling III
fstribling@tnstate.edu
615-963-1844

Paul Denton
pdenton@tennessee.edu

Richard Buggeln
buggeln@utk.edu
865-974-3018

 

Episode 1611
Air Dates 9/13/07 and 9/16/07

Enjoy a stroll through a tranquil garden on this episode of Volunteer Gardener. Join Annette Shrader as she finds lots of gorgeous plant material under a canopy of mature trees in a Germantown backyard. Then Troy Marden highlights the restoration efforts of the American Chestnut Foundation. This organization is working to bring back this vital tree to the Appalachian forest. Sheri Gramer has a checklist for pond owners to clean up from summer’s blooms and prepare for winter’s arrival.

For more information about the American chestnut, visit:
www.acf.org
www2.volstate.edu/tnchestnut/

For more information concerning home ponds, contact
Modern Design
Owner, john Adams
865-995-1234
www.mypondshop.net

 

Episode #1612
Air Dates 9/20/07 and 9/23/07

On this edition of Volunteer Gardener, Sally Reynolds tours a grand garden in Nashville and visits with its creator and caretaker. This one-acre lot features native perennials, specimen trees, a bog garden and a summer perennial bed that is bursting with peak color. Then Sheri Gramer finds a big selection of fall annuals and perennials at Stanley’s Greenhouses in Knoxville. Jeff Poppen hosts a fall tour of his organic vegetable farm. Our ‘barefoot farmer’ shows off the greens that harvest until Christmas time as well as the many cover crops that protect and enrich the soil until the next planting.

Stanley’s Greenhouses
3029 Davenport Road
Knoxville, TN
865-573-9591
www.stanleysgreenhouses.com

Plants seen in the gardens of native nook:
Eucomis- Pineapple Lily
Phlox paniculata ‘Delta Snow’
Echinacea ‘Rubenstern’
Hibiscus ‘Kopper King’
Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Summer Wine’ – Ninebark
Phalictrum broscha rubrineatum ‘Lavender Mist’
Cephalanthus occidentalis L. – Buttonbush
Oxydendrum arboretum – Sourwood, Sorrel Tree, Lily of the Valley tree
Aralia spinosa – Hercules’s Club, Devil’s Walking Stick
Rhus aromatica ‘Grolow’
Thelypteris noveboracensis – New York fern
Orontium aquaticum – Golden Club
Acorus calamus ‘Variegatus’
Saururus cernuus – Lizard’s Tail, Water Dragon
Bignonia capreolata ‘Tangerine Beauty’ – Crossvine
Apios priceana – Ground Nut
Wisteria frutescens ‘Clara Mack’ – American Wisteria
Lygodium palmatum – native climbing fern for Northern Hemisphere
Decumaria Barbara – Climbing native hydrangea
Aesculus parviflora – Bottlebrush buckeye

Episode #1613
Air Date 9/27/07

On this episode, Marty DeHart visits the Stones River National Battlefield to see the efforts underway to eradicate the invasive Chinese yam plant and replace it with native grasses. Annette Shrader finds beauty on a crisp fall day in an estate garden in Germantown. Sheri Gramer visits Bates Nursery in Nashville and learns the best ways to keep plants well-nourished, including their famous mushroom compost. Julie Berbiglia sees how students are taking good care of the classroom worm bin to gain nature’s best soil amendment, worm castings.

For more information about the Stones River plant restoration:
www.nps.gov/stri/naturescience/nativeres.htm
www.nps.gov/stri/naturescience/nonnativespecies.htm

Sheri’s segment was taped at Bates Creek Nursery
3810 Whites Creek Pike
Nashville, TN 37207
615-876-1014
www.batesnursery.com

 

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