Last Minute Gift Ideas for the Gardener
We asked Virginia Home Grown host Peggy Singlemann if she had any gift ideas for gardeners. She did!
Virginia Home Grown
Virginia Home Grown: October 2015
In this season finale, host Amy Williams visits Castle Hill Cider to learn all about cider apples from Geoff Robinson, Cider Cellarmaster and Stuart Madany, Ciderist/Orchardist. Co-host Peggy Singlemann gets some pointers from Laurel Matthew, Greenhouse Horticulturist for Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, on how to overwinter tropical plants.
Virginia Home Grown: September 2015
Host Amy Williams travels to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello to talk with Peggy Cornett about late-blooming annuals. John Wise from Reynolds Community College presents the Plant of the Month: Cryptomeria japonica. Co-host Peggy Singlemann visits a private butterfly garden and nursery cultivated by Master Naturalist Linda McBride.
Virginia Home Grown: August 2015
Host Amy Williams visits with Susan Viemeister at a private garden in Nelson County to learn how design decisions affect garden maintenance. Co-host Peggy Singlemann talks about protecting watersheds with Ann Jurczyk from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Fluvanna County Extension Agent John Thompson presents Joe-pye Weed, Eutrochium, as the Plant of the Month.
Virginia Home Grown: July 2015
Host Amy Williams visits with Foxie Morgan at Pharsalia, in Nelson County, an antebellum farm that is now a Cut Flower Operation and event destination. Horticulturist and Floral Designer David Pippin joins Amy in the studio to talk about arranging flowers.
Virginia Home Grown: June 2015
Host Amy Williams tours a private garden in Richmond with Landscape Designer Vic Calaman, Jr. and learns about the benefits of using a professional to plan a garden. Co-host Peggy Singlemann talks in-studio with Karen Kester about insect pollinators and tours a private garden in Henrico County. The Plant of the Month is Black Cohosh presented by Peggy Cornett, Curator of Plants at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello.
Virginia Home Grown: May 2015
Host Amy Williams interviews Cheri Zavada from Native Earth Landscaping about a Plant Share Program and caring for a legacy landscape. Co-host Peggy Singlemann goes to the East End of Henrico to talk about the Fairfield Middle School Community Garden with Amanda Hall and Toby Vernon of the Community Food Collaborative.
Virginia Home Grown: April 2015
Amy interviews Johnny Townsend from the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Natural Heritage Program about rare plants in Virginia including: Longleaf pine, Trillium and Pyxie moss. Peggy goes to Williamsburg to talk garden design with Laura Viancour. The “Tip from Maymont” is about removing unwanted vines from flowering bushes. Trillium is also the Plant of the Month. (Show #1502)
Virginia Home Grown: March 2015
Season 15 gets underway with all new segments and in-studio guests. Host Amy Williams talks with Todd Ellis about the fine art of Bonsai. Co-host Peggy Singlemann learns proper pruning techniques with Arborists from the City of Richmond. John Thompson with Virginia Cooperative Extension presents Common Milkweed as the Plant of the Month and Peggy Singlemann's Tip from Maymont is about Seeds and Sets for vegetable gardening.
Tips From Richard: Till Garden Cover Crop
Till your garden cover crop into the soil. Fall planted cover crops have done their job of preventing erosion and need to be incorporated into the soil at least two weeks before you begin planting your early season crops. These cover crops can dramatically increase the valuable organic matter in your garden soil.
Be sure to read Richard’s weekly Garden Q & A in the Saturday Home Section of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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