Recent Volunteer Gardener Clips

Garden Tool Maintenance on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Garden Tool Maintenance

August 03, 2017

We'll help get your garden tools in tip-top working condition.

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Husk Nashville on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Husk Nashville

August 03, 2017

Matt Kerske walks the grounds of Husk Nashville where the berries, herbs and vegetables are part of the landscape and the menu.

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Indoor Plant Trends on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Indoor Plant Trends

July 13, 2017

Chic and trendy, today’s indoor plants are as much about décor as they are greenery. Matt Kerske introduces us to new and dramatic foliage for the home.

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Nature's Way to Garden on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Nature’s Way to Garden

July 13, 2017

Sheri Gramer tours the many garden beds of an avid gardener who is happy to admit that she's always learning. We see a butterfly garden, a vegetable garden, a large ornamental garden featuring a babbling brook. All these garden beds benefit from a breathtaking mountain top view.

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Dried Pear Bacon Bread on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Dried Pear Bacon Bread

July 06, 2017

Tammy Algood combines fruit with bacon for a morning treat. Dried Pear Bacon Bread sounds yummy indeed.

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Espalier Training for Non-fruiting specimens on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Espalier Training for Non-fruiting specimens

July 06, 2017

We’ll see various evergreens being trained with espalier pruning techniques to create fans, arches, screens and ornamental specimens.

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Raised Vegetable Beds on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Raised Vegetable Beds

July 06, 2017

Phillipe Chadwick walks in the sunshine with an enthusiastic grower through her raised beds brimming with vegetables.

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Shade Garden on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Shade Garden

July 06, 2017

We have it made in the shade—a beautiful shade garden that is. Annette Shrader finds plenty of colorful blooms and stately foliage in this terraced garden that features caladiums, astilbe, fern and hydrangea.

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New Home

New Home, New Landscape

June 22, 2017

Designing, selecting and evaluating-that's the job Troy Marden had for a new garden that would complement a lot on a mountain top. Join Troy for the process of starting with the existing mature trees and then adding perennials, wildflowers, shrubs and trees to maximize the site.

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Puffed Pear Pancake on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Puffed Pear Pancake

June 22, 2017

Here's a different version of pancakes that bakes in the oven. Delicious when served with warm maple syrup, this dish can serve everyone at the same time, unlike traditional pancakes.

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Healthy soil practices of TN farmers on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Healthy soil practices of TN farmers

June 01, 2017

Commercial agriculture is starting to trend toward sustainable farming practices, and Tennessee farmers are leading the way. Phillipe Chadwick sees how a farm in Manchester is optimizing soil health, and yields, each successive growing season.

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Nitrogen on NPT's Volunteer Gardener

Nitrogen

May 25, 2017

Jeff Poppen explains how to achieve and maintain healthy soil without chemicals. He teaches us how to harness the nitrogen that is in plentiful supply above every square foot of earth.

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