Air Dates: 13 & 16 l 20 & 23 l 27 & 30
Monthly Program Listing

Volunteer Gardener is pre-empted until 8/20/09 for special programming.  For those of you in the WNPT viewing area join us on 8/13/09 for a special Volunteer Gardener that you are sure to enjoy.

 

 

Episode #1807

Air Dates: 8/13/09 and 8/16/09

(WNPT Viewing Area ONLY)

This Volunteer Gardener features great plants in cool garden rooms. Annette Shrader finds the keyhole courtyard garden in the front of a quaint Memphis home just the beginning of the grand garden path. Marty DeHart shows off a selection of new introductions and some old favorites from the world of garden ferns. You know, there’s no doubt that organic gardening is more popular than ever. Our own Jeff Poppen shares tips on what works for him as he farms this earth-friendly way.

Marty’s segment was taped at Hewitt Garden and Design Center:
2525 Hillsboro Road
Brentwood, TN 37027
615-661-6767

The Japanese and Lady Ferns featured
Athyrium nipponicum ‘Pictum’, ‘Regal Red’, ‘Pewter Lace’ (Japanese Painted Fern)
Athyrium filix-femina ‘Lady in Red’ (Lady Fern)
Japanese Painted Fern x Lady Fern ‘Branford Beauty’, ‘Ghost’

The evergreen ferns featured
Dryopteris erythrosora (Autumn Fern)
Dryopteris marginalis (Marginal Wood Fern)
Dryopteris crassirhizoma (Thick-stemmed Wood Fern)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern)
Dryopteris x australis (Dixie Wood Fern)
Cyrtomium fortune (Fortune’s Holly Fern)
Polystichum setiferum (Soft Shield Fern)

 

 

Episode 1808

Air Dates: 8/20/09 and 8/23/09

On this edition of Volunteer Gardener, Sheri Gramer brings us a selection of favorite shrubs featuring a striking emerald evergreen and a holly that’s a favorite for winter floral arrangements. Troy Marden focuses on the importance of textural play in the landscape on a stroll through a pretty garden in west Nashville. Jeff Poppen, the barefoot farmer, explains how he grows garlic. Marty DeHart demonstrates her methods for stratifying seeds for the highest possible germination rate.

Sheri’s segment was taped at Stanley’s Greenhouse:
3029 Davenport Road
Knoxville, TN 37920
865-573-9591

Plants featured include:
Japanese coral bark maple
Pieris japonica ‘Mt Fire’
Encore Azalea

Ilex verticillata ‘Winter Red’
Arborvitae ‘Emerald Green’
Cryptomeria japonica ‘Yoshino’
Callicarpa Americana (purple beauty berry)
Chamaecyparis obtusa‘Filicoides’

 

 

Episode #1809

Air Dates:8/27/09 and 8/30/09

It is always fun to see a garden designed and nurtured by the homeowners. Andy Sudbrock tours a backyard filled with shade perennials and a beautiful water feature. Julie Berbiglia learns new ways to garden that are easy on the back and joints. Sheri Gramer demonstrates how she dries and preserves fruit to use in decorating projects.

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