Program Information
DECEMBER

Air Dates: 16 & 19 | 23 & 26 | 30 & Jan 2
Monthly Program Listing

Program Note: Due to special programming, Volunteer Gardener will not air on 12/2 & 12/9.

Episode #1325
Air Dates: 12/16/04 and 12/19/04

This special Christmas edition of Volunteer Gardener will have you decking the halls and baking cookies for Santa. Troy Marden has some easy fresh floral designs; Annette Shrader demonstrates how to trim boxwoods for tabletop accents; Marty DeHart shows how simple it is to propagate evergreen hollies; and Tammy Algood keeps Santa jolly with Eggnog Cookies.

Episode #1243
Air Dates: 12/23/04 and 12/26/04

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, will share 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.

Moss Gardening with Hal Massie

E-mail: massiefarm@aol.com

To create moss covered pots, you will need:

Terra cotta pot

Plain yogurt (not low-fat)

Sponge brush

Growing moss

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Episode #1244
Air Dates: 12/30/04 and 1/2/05

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 cuttings.

Hardwood cuttings segment:

Examples of plants to propagate this way include aronia, hydrangeas (annabelles and oakleafs), mock orange, wisteria, spirea, ninebark, clethra, fothergilla and viburnum.

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