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Virginia Home Grown features interviews with experts and enthusiasts from around the state. Viewers are invited to submit questions via email to VHG@ideastations.org or by phone (toll free) to 1.866.220.0911 (only during the LIVE show). The program airs monthly from March through October.
Foraging for Edible Plants, Community Garden (#1906)
Edible plants, Community Garden at Friendship Court, native trees, plants in a pond
Attracting Butterflies, Classic Gardening Practices (#1905)
Attracting Butterflies, Classic Gardening Practices, Rockin’ Deep Purple Salvia
Popular Garden Plants; Native Plants for Pollinators (#1904)
Visit a private whimsical garden; learn more about native plants for pollinators
Propagate Plants; Animal Garden Beds (#1903)
Discover how to propagate a plant and how animals can help build garden beds
Full Pocket Farm; Hydroponic System (#1902)
Full Pocket Farm; unique hydroponic system; Mason Bees
Building a Terrarium; Orchids (#1901)
Building a Terrarium; Orchid Station; removing invasive Ivy
Urban Agriculture & Food Justice
Virginia Home Grown’s Pat McCafferty digs into Food Justice with Shantell Bingham.
Pat visits Tufton Farm at Monticello to learn about classic gardening practices.
Peggy Singlemann’s Tip from Maymont shares how trees beat the heat on Virginia Home Grown.
Learn more about which native plants attract pollinators and other beneficial insects.
Virginia Home Grown’s Peggy Singlemann tours a whimsical garden designed by the homeowner.
Horticulturist Greta Hoyt presents Magnolia as Virginia Home Grown’s Plant of the Month.
