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Garden Design Tours

Gardening on the Mountaintop

This is a tour of an extraordinary garden. It is special in that it is on top of Signal Mountain in Tennessee. It is special in its size, covering what amounts to seven residential lots. It is special in plant palette and presentation. And it is impressive in that the garden continues down the mountain side. Troy Marden leads us on the tour with the homeowner/gardener.

Urban Oasis using Natural Elements

We tour the backyard of a landscape designer and find cohesiveness in the repetition of color and plant choices. There's gathering spots accented with great natural elements and salvaged items that are up-cycled into outdoor furniture and garden accents..

A Moss Garden

We tour a hilltop garden and see the beauty, and practicality of incorporating a variety of mosses in the landscape.

Mixed Border Beds

We stroll the grounds of a master gardener who spends countless time planning, prepping, planting and nurturing his mixed border beds.

Japanese Maple Collection

A husband and wife started out with a fascination for bonsai Japanese maples, and soon collecting Japanese maples for their yard has become a passion.

Hosta, Hydrangea and a Hillside

A delightful gardener speaks of her garden's evolution over the past 18 years with the help of her husband. The backyard proved a challenge due to the significant slope and predominant shade, but they overcame the environmental obstacles.

Plant Lover’s Paradise

Annette Shrader meets a gardener whose approach to gardening is 'divide and conquer".

Japanese Maples – A Foliage Fixation

A lot of gardeners find a certain type of plant they like, and then become collectors of that particular plant. Such is the case with man, and his love of Japanese maples.

Estate garden on Cumberland Plateau

We tour a large estate garden on the Cumberland Plateau where the homeowner is an enthusiastic do-it-yourselfer.

Asian Influenced Garden of Sun and Shade

Painting with plants is how the designer described his approach to this garden plan that has shade and sun in one yard. He continually looked at the space from inside the house to make plant choices and placement decisions.