Roots: Dame Judi Dench
Dame Judi also recites some of her favourite Shakespeare’s sonnets featuring plants and nature and is joined by RHS Council Member and old friend Tony Kirkham, to answer any burning…
Roots: Mary Berry
In this second episode, Jo explores the garden of one of the UK's most loved and well known cooks - Dame Mary Berry. An RHS Ambassador and keen gardener, Dame…
Imaginary Gardens, Devoted Dogs and Lettuce Love with Monty Don
Jo Whiley and Monty Don chat about the secret garden at Longmeadow that never makes it to camera, his make-believe jewel garden and love for lettuce. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDXlbhR41ho
How to Grow and Care for Johnny-Jump-Ups
Johnny-jump-ups are members of the Violaceaefamily, which includes 25 genera. Only three of these are really worth noting for the home gardener, however: Hybanthus, Rinorea, and Viola. The majority of…
How to Grow & Care for Grape Hyacinth
Grape hyacinth, also known as muscari, is a small bulb with tight clusters of blue flowers that resemble grapes, and it is also available in colors like white, pink, lavender,…
3 Sustainable Lawn Alternatives
for Cold Climates
Inside the house of a lilac inventor
In this episode of Someone Lived Here, Kendra brings you to the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens in Woodland, Washington. The home was built by Hulda’s family, The Thiel’s in 1889.…
PBS Eons: When Did the First Flower Bloom?
During the Cretaceous Period, dinosaurs were more diverse, more fierce, and more strange than ever. But something else was happening under the feet of the terrible lizards: for the first…
Front Lawn into a Native Pollinator Garden
By some accounts prairies are our most endangered ecosystem in North America, with several Midwest states having already lost over 99% of original prairie land. Prairie restoration is crucial in…
EAST explores the intersection of history, culture, contemporary craft in the eastern US
EAST explores the intersection of history, culture and contemporary craft in the eastern region of the US. As a nation of immigrants, these American stories, from a fabric flower factory…