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Taking on a Large Landscape on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Taking on a Large Landscape

Rita Venable is in awe of the large border beds and island beds these homeowners have created in their very sizable backyard. It's all a labor of love for the pair who relish their time spent working in the dirt.


Getting a Garden with the house on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Getting a Garden with the house

Annette Shrader visits with a new gardener who got the bonus of a sloped backyard with terraced garden beds at the home she purchased. The space had been lovingly designed, complete with stone walls and a collection of trees, by a gardener who lived there for decades. The beauty of it is appreciated by the current owner as she maintains it and adds new interest.


20 years of a backyard: from bare land to awe-inspiring garden on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

20 years of a backyard: from bare land to awe-inspiring garden

Twenty years ago, this backyard space was bare land. The homeowners planted trees, laid out garden beds, and accentuated the ravine. Now this backyard is a breathtaking landscape with sweeping, gorgeous garden beds. Troy Marden discusses the plant palette and the design elements that make this a jewel of a garden.


Birds Welcomed in this Garden on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Birds Welcomed in this Garden

A backyard can come to life, just like you've envisioned. Sheri Gramer visits with homeowners who made their plan a reality. They always wanted a pond, so they built one. They installed attractive border beds, raised beds, and have provided a supportive space for birds, bees, and butterflies.


Color Garden Inspiration on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Color Garden Inspiration

If you are looking for a big impact in the landscape, it's hard to beat the eye-catching color that annuals provide. Tammy Algood gets inspired by the great combination of annuals featured in the color garden at the Botanical Garden of Tennessee - Knoxville.


Downsizing without sacrificing style on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Downsizing without sacrificing style

A backyard doesn't have to be large to grow a variety of trees, shrubs, perennials and vegetables. Sheri Gramer tours a beautiful space that has border beds all along the house foundation and fence line. There are some stunning specimens.


Simply Native: A Living Landscape on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Simply Native: A Living Landscape

Learn what it means to have a living landscape. Host Rita Venable introduces us to a dedicated couple who have spent many years eradicating the exotic invasive plants from their property. Those have been replaced with native perennials, trees and shrubs. Some have even sprouted up on their own! Pollinators and wildlife are now flourishing.


Tranquility Garden on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Tranquility Garden

Tammy Algood is at the UT Gardens in Knoxville to enjoy the Tranquility Garden featuring more than 500 varieties of hosta. Good garden design is on display here as other shade loving plants are combined with the hosta throughout the garden which makes each plant noticeable.


Garden Tour of a Plant Collector on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Garden Tour of a Plant Collector

We tour a jewel of a home garden of an avid plant collector. The colorful blooms, stately foliage, pollinator plants, succulent desert bed and indoor moss garden will surely inspire.


Pollinator and Wildlife Friendly Home Landscape on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Pollinator and Wildlife Friendly Home Landscape

We tour a home landscape that is certainly spectacular to look at, but it's also a pollinator paradise. This gardener enjoys choosing native plants that will support their need for food and habitat. Hummingbirds, bees and butterflies are common sites in this garden.


Genesis of a Landscape Design on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Genesis of a Landscape Design

Where does the inspiration for a backyard landscape design come from? Troy Marden learns that the catalyst for this one was the pavers. We'll tour this artistic take on a chess board, complete with a plant palette that plays into the theme.


Pretty plant palette for a shady backyard on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Pretty plant palette for a shady backyard

From the back door of the house all the way to the fence line, there are pretty plant combinations filling this backyard. Host Tammy Algood enjoys the established plants in the beds that add dimension to the space, and the containers that hold some outstanding plant specimens.