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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.
Air Spading; Medicinal Herb Garden (#1808)
Air spading; medicinal herb garden; pruning urban trees; fermented black garlic
Vermiculture; Experimental Hemp Plots (#1807)
Vermiculture; Season extenders; Experimental Hemp plots; Popcorn Bush; Fall Webworm
Support Structures; Historic Plants (#1806)
Learn about support structures for flowers and vegetables; historic plants at Tufton Farm
Update a Garden Space; Hugelkultur (#1805)
Learn how to renovate or update a garden space; learn about Hugelkultur raised beds
Pitcher Plants Conservation; Edible Landscaping (#1804)
Efforts to restore pitcher plants to the Virginia landscape. Grow low care fruit trees.
Growing In Greenhouses; Heirloom Collards (#1803)
Growing plants in greenhouses; Acorn Community & heirloom collards; Weigela Sonic Bloom
Private Garden Design; Mush Luv (#1802)
A private garden designed by 3north; home-grown mushroom culturing; plant a rose bush
Conifer Landscaping; Growing with Green Energy (#1801)
Learn about conifer landscaping; growing with green energy & a minimal carbon footprint.
Landscape Design; Hoop House Farming
Amy talks with a Landscape Architect. Richard learns about hoop house farming.
Kathleen Maier, herbalist at Sacred Plant Traditions
Pat visits Kathleen Maier, herbalist at Sacred Plant Traditions
Peggy Singlemann visits with Arborists Jim Licklider
Peggy Singlemann visits with Truetimber Arborists Jim Licklider to talk about Air Spading
Michelle Bonham discusses how to make fermented black garlic
Michelle Bonham discusses how to make fermented black garlic
Peggy plants a tree at Maymont Park
Peggy plants a tree at Maymont and talks about proper techniques
Peggy Singlemann visits RVA’s Urban Farm
Peggy Singlemann visits RVA’s Urban Farm to talk with Farm Manager Amy Wildermann
Peggy explains the habits of the Fall Webworm
Peggy explains the habits of the Fall Webworm, a native caterpillar
Peggy Singlemann visits Tuckahoe Plantation
Peggy Singlemann visits Tuckahoe Plantation, the boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson
The differences between spades and shovels
Peggy Singlemann shares the differences between spades and shovels
The Center for Historic Plants at Tufton Farm
Plants and plans at The Center for Historic Plants at Tufton Farm.
Tip from Maymont: Planting Roses
In the Tip From Maymont, Peggy demonstrates how to plant a rose bush.
