Recent Volunteer Gardener Clips
Southern Cottage Garden
March 27, 2025
Every bit of this urban yard is part of the garden design, whether its the front yard with a definite 'wow' factor, the planted strip along the driveway, or the secluded sanctuary at the rear property line. In this garden, the right plants are in the right places. There's a rhythm and flow between the spaces, and each part leads you on to the next pretty spot.
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Winterizing Ornamental Beds
March 20, 2025
Autumn should be a busy time in ornamental garden beds. Tasks are necessary to get plants ready for colder weather, but also looking toward what improvements are needed by next spring. We visit Andrew Jackson's Hermitage to see what activities are underway in their extensive historic garden beds to ensure healthy plants and tidy beds.
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Color and Performance Late in the Season
March 20, 2025
When peak summer blooms begin to fade, there's plenty of annuals and perennials that can offer lots of color and vitality. You can keep those garden beds and containers full of interest up until first frost with plants such as Mexican bush sage, pineapple sage, asters, coreopsis and more.
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Garden time = family time
March 20, 2025
What began as a few raised beds in a spot that couldn't grow grass is now a large garden space that's turning out loads of tomatoes, cucumbers, all kinds of vegetables, plus pretty flowers. Sheri Gramer tours this grand garden where every family member takes part.
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A garden designed with an artist’s eye
October 10, 2024
Troy Marden showcases what was once a typical, grassy residential lot that was transformed by the homeowners into a gorgeous collection of display beds and borders with desirable plants and lots of artistic touches. Japanese maples are definitely the darlings of this garden.
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Mums
October 03, 2024
Peak bloom time for chrysanthemums is September and October. There's a grand selection of these autumn favorites at Grandaddy's Farm in Estill Springs, Tennessee. Tammy Algood gets tips on how to keep the flowers looking good all season long, and how to plant them in the landscape for autumn color every year.
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Collection of Color and Variety
October 03, 2024
We tour the home garden of a self-described plant collector. Her goals for the design were cohesiveness, some symmetry, a bit of formality, and accessibility. She achieved all that, and the garden is beautiful. It features a central circular bed with four paths radiating out. Each has a plant palette sure to please.
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Earthworms: The Good, and the Destructive
September 26, 2024
Host Jeff Poppen, a biodynamic farmer, uses a lot of compost. By doing that, he is rewarded with a plentiful amount of earthworms that aerate the soil and leave nutrients behind. However, not all worms are beneficial. Jeff meets up with an entomologist to learn about a destructive species known as the crazy jumping worm.
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A Mindful Landscape
September 26, 2024
Rita Venable visits with a homeowner who began gardening during the pandemic. She had inherited her landscaping when she purchased the home. Now a native plant enthusiast, she's converted those existing landscape areas into garden beds where native plants, shrubs and trees are performing well.
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Native Groundcovers
September 19, 2024
Autumn is a good time to evaluate the worthiness of ground cover plants, as the strength of the plant and its foliage is evident. Marty DeHart visits a mature garden to profile a dozen different native ground covers. Most of these plants have a season of bloom. Marty considers each one to be worthy of a spot in your garden.
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Healthy Yards Clarksville
September 19, 2024
Residents of Montgomery County Tennessee who desire a yard that has ecological value are finding support and encouragement from Healthy Yards Clarksville. This initiative promotes the use of native perennials, shrubs and trees in the home landscape to support insects and birds. We tour a participant's yard that has had tremendous results in a short span of time.