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Volunteer Gardener 3115

Produced by Nashville Public Television, Volunteer Gardener features local experts who share gardening advice, landscape design tips, and environmentally conscious farming practices. We visit with growers, plant collectors, and hobbyists alike who share insight and experience. Airs Thursday nights at 7:30 and Sunday mornings at 9:30 on NPT, channel 8.

Season 31 Episode 3115 | 26m 39s | CC

Staghorn ferns are epiphytes. A common way to grow these impressive plants is mounting them to a wood slab. Sheri Gramer walks us through the process. Flowers of hellebores are a welcome sight when they bloom in late winter. Marty DeHart discusses the optimum growing conditions. Jeff Poppen shows how to incoporate green cover crops for optimum soil health. We tour a backyard hillside garden.

Volunteer Gardener