July 02, 2015
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.
June 25, 2015
Creating floral grouping based singularly on a single color can be elegant, and a more simple arrangement to execute.
June 18, 2015
Jeff Poppen tours the grounds of Delvin Farms which is a small farm having a big impact on Nashville's home-grown market.
Annette Shrader meets a gardener whose approach to gardening is 'divide and conquer".
June 11, 2015
We learn about a non-profit who sponsors the Plant the Seed program in Metro Schools that teaches pre-K children about gardening and where food comes from.
May 21, 2015
Jeff Poppen decided to give some new crops a try as they had been so enticing in the seed catalog. He has had success with the plantings of borage, lamb's quarters, and Italian dandelion.
May 14, 2015
We hit peak season in this dahlia field where we find 80 varieties.
A discussion about what gardeners should consider when planting and mulching so as to reduce the risk of pest problems in/around the house or other structure.
May 07, 2015
When we heard there was a tomato plant in our neighborhood that would tower over our heads when we stood next to it, we had to go check it out for ourselves.
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.
April 30, 2015
We tour the home gardens of a daffodil judge, daffodil judge trainer, and daffodil collector all rolled into one happy grower.
April 23, 2015
Intersectional peonies have many attributes that make them desirable for the landscape. They are hybrids from a cross of tree peonies and herbaceous peonies. Troy Marden visits Iris City Gardens to pick out some favorites.