Program Information
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Air Dates: 1&4 | 8&11 | 15&18 | 22&25 | 29 & May 2
Monthly Program Listing

Episode #1240
Air Dates: 4/1/04 and 4/04/04

This time on Volunteer Gardener, Catherine Darnell visits a gardener with a passion for unusual peppers, from white to chocolate and sweet to spicy; Sheri Gramer checks out the new trend in garden accents, a pondless water feature; Troy Marden shares some landscaping ideas using spring bulbs; Tammy Algood creates crunchy cucumber salsa, a tasty side dish using fresh cucumbers from the garden; and Marty DeHart finds some horticultural treasures at the Antiques and Garden show.

CONTACT INFO

For pepper plants and seeds as well as heirloom tomatoes:
Marianna's Heirloom Seeds
www.mariseeds.com
1955 CCC Road
Dickson, TN 37055
615-446-9191

Pepper varieties featured in segment:
Corno Di Toro
Purple Bell
Bacskia
Sweet cayenne
Hungarian paprika
Tobago Scotch Bonnet
Golden Cayenne
Chocolate mini
Albino bell
Pepperoncini
Giant Arconcagua
Creola
Berbere Coffee Brown
Tangerine Pimento

Pondless water features segment:
Across the Pond
7004 Memorial Parkway, NW
Huntsville, AL 35810
256-852-7335

Landscaping with spring bulbs segment:
Callaway Gardens. Resort. Preserve.
Pine Mountain, Georgia
1-800-callaway(225-5292)
www.callawayonline.com

Horticultural prints:
Gladstone Jones
North Wales, United Kingdom
www.gladstonejones.com

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Episode #1241
Air Dates: 4/8/04 and 4/11/04

On this edition of Volunteer Gardener, Catherine Darnell meets the landscape designer who turned the grounds of an estate into a peaceful sanctuary complete with trees, streams, and a pond; Annette Shrader checks out some new plants that fill the tall order of vertical interest in a small space; Troy Marden discusses soil amendments and weed prevention for the annual beds; and handyman Ron Gunter checks out what's new in wheelbarrows.

CONTACT INFO

Landscape designer of the estate garden:
John Puryear
Puryear Nursery and Landscaping
615-452-8948

For the Monrovia plant line:
Bates Nursery and Garden Center
3810 Whites Creek Pike
Nashville, TN 37207
615-876-1014
www.batesnursery.com

Plants featured in plants for vertical interest segment:
Blue dracaena
Weeping Cherry 'Snow Fountain'
Weeping juniper 'Tolleson's blue weeping juniper'
Clematis 'Avalanche'
Sky Pencil Japanese holly/ilex crenata
Dwarf Japanese garden juniper 'nana'
All Gold Scotch broom
Fox red curly sedge/carex bucbananii
Cabaret Japanese silver grass

Episode #1242
Air Dates: 4/15/04 and 4/18/04

For this special Southern edition of Volunteer Gardener, Sheri Gramer takes us on a tour of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens in Alabama. We'll enjoy the spring color in the Kaul Wildflower Garden, stroll through the blossoms of the Rhododendron Species Garden, find cool serenity in the fern glade, and even visit an authentic Japanese teahouse. And we'll uncover lots of special treasures along the way.

CONTACT INFO

Birmingham Botanical Gardens
2612 Lane Park Road
Birmingham, Alabama 35223
205-414-3900
www.bbgardens.org
Gardens are open daily from dawn to dusk. Admission is free.

Episode #1243
Air Dates: 4/22/04 and 4/25/04

On this episode of Volunteer Gardener, we'll take the mystery out of moss when Catherine Darnell visits with a lover of this green undergrowth; Sheri Gramer explains how to create your own moss covered pots for great garden accents; Jeff Poppen, the barefoot farmer, shares a spring garden favorite with sweet to eat beets; Troy Marden sees how garden structures can enhance the landscape; and Annette Shrader demonstrates how to prune a Southern favorite, the crape myrtle.

CONTACT INFO

Moss Gardening with Hal Massie
Email: massiefarm@aol.com

To create moss covered pots, you will need:
Terra cotta pot
Plain yogurt (not low-fat)
Sponge brush
Growing moss

Episode #1244
Air Dates: 4/29/04 and 5/2/04

Tune into this episode of Volunteer Gardener and enjoy a grand tour of a grand estate garden; Troy Marden tours a garden in East Nashville that boasts architectural features created by bamboo and shrubs; Annette Shrader learns the techniques and tools needed to properly prune roses in the spring; and Marty DeHart demonstrates how to start hydrangeas and wisteria from simple hardwood cuttings.

CONTACT INFO

Hardwood cuttings segment:
Examples of plants to propagate include aronia, hydrangeas (annabelles and oakleafs), mock orange, wisteria, spirea, ninebark, clethra, fothergilla and viburnum.

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