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2000
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People, Places, Plants is a television show on Egami that explores the intersection of humanity, nature, and culture across the globe. The program takes viewers on a deep dive into the world of plants and their cultural significance, while also diving into the stories of the people who depend on them.

In each episode, the show travels to a different location and explores a particular plant that is key to the culture and livelihood of the people who live there. From the towering Redwoods of California to the rice paddies of Bali, the show covers a wide range of plants and their unique importance to different communities.

The show is hosted by a diverse and passionate group of experts and enthusiasts. From botanists to chefs to indigenous community leaders, each host brings their own unique perspective and energy to the program. This eclectic mix of perspectives makes for a rich and varied exploration of the topics at hand.

At its core, People, Places, Plants is a celebration of nature and the way it connects people and cultures around the world. The program goes beyond just showcasing the importance of plants in human cultures, it also demonstrates the ways in which plants themselves are fascinating and important creatures worthy of our admiration and respect.

Throughout the series, viewers are treated to stunning visuals of the natural world as well as captivating stories of the people who inhabit it. While the focus is certainly on plants, the show is ultimately a celebration of humanity and the way we interact with the natural world.

One of the standout features of People, Places, Plants is the way it blends science and culture. The program goes beyond just sharing facts and figures about the plants it features, it also delves into the myths and folklore surrounding them. By doing so, viewers get a deeper sense of the complex relationship between humanity and the plant world.

Another interesting aspect of the show is its dedication to exploring the ways in which traditional knowledge and modern science can work together to solve some of the world's most pressing problems. For example, one episode follows a group of scientists who are working with indigenous community leaders to save a rare plant species from extinction.

Overall, People, Places, Plants is a beautiful and thought-provoking program that offers a fascinating glimpse into the ways in which plants shape our world. Its unique blend of science, culture, and storytelling makes it a must-watch for anyone interested in the natural world and humanity's place within it. Whether you're a seasoned botanist or just a nature lover, there's something in this program for everyone.

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Seasons

46. Ragtime Rosarian

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: THE RAGTIME ROSARIAN - Joanna Herrington introduces us to the Ragtime Rosarian, Glenn Jenks, of Camden, Maine. PLACES: MT. AUBURN CEMETERY - Paul Tukey gets a tour of Mt. Auburn Cemetery from Dave Barnett, director of horticulture. PLANTS: MOVING BIG TREES - Roger Swain and Peter Mezitt show us how large trees are dug, balled and burlapped, and then planted. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: KNIVES IN THE GARDEN - Roger demonstrates how to address a dull edge with a file. Who can garden without a knife at hand? A sharp blade is useful for so many tasks.

45. Living of the Land

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: LIVING OFF THE LAND - Paul Tukey tries a few natural remedies with a northern Maine herbalist, Natalia Bragg. PLACES: DELETTE RIDGE FARM - With help from a government program that encourages female farmers, a Maine woman is determined to make a go of it. PLANTS: DAHLIA BEGINNINGS - Roger Swain shows us how dahlias replicate themselves to our advantage. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: SHARPENING A SPADE - A good garden spade should always be sharp enough to cut through soil and roots.

44. Early Rhododendrons

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: BALLEK?S GARDEN CENTER - Paul Tukey introduces us to Ballek?s Garden Center, a converted dairy farm thought to be the nation's third oldest family business. PLACES: PRIDES CORNER FARM - Joanna Harrington takes to the skies at Prides Corner Farm in Lebanon, Conn., a 300-acre wholesale plant nursery. PLANTS: EARLY RHODODENDRONS - Roger Swain and Wayne Mezitt show off some spring blooming rhododendrons hybridized by Mezitt's family. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: BODY MEASUREMENT - Who needs a yardstick? Not Roger, who demonstrates how the garden can be planted by the measure of the gardener's hand or foot.

43. Butterfly Place

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: NICK AVERY - Paul Tukey explores the landscaper/client relationship in Newport, R.I., with local contractor Nick Avery. PLACES: THE BUTTERFLY PLACE - Paul gets up close and personal with some winged wonders at The Butterfly Place in Massachusetts. PLANTS: ARBOR VINES - Roger Swain shows us some ideal vines to cover the newly constructed grape arbor. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: WATERMELON SEEDS - Who wants a seedless watermelon? Not Roger, who insists that fruit and seeds are a package deal.

42. Garden Fences

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: THE FURMANS - Paul Tukey talks with Kasha and David Furman of Thomaston, Conn., whose passion for the Chinese culture extends to plants. PLACES: THE LUPINE FESTIVAL - Paul takes us to the Sugar Hill Lupine Festival in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. PLANTS: TRANSPLANTING CUKES & PUMPKINS - Roger Swain demonstrates the proper planting of heat-loving crops such as squash, cucumbers and eggplant. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: GARDEN FENCES - Since many animals relish the same things that we like to eat, Roger insists that a good fence is the essential preamble to a successful vegetable garden.

41. City as a Garden

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: QUEEN OF (THE) BALL - Paul Tukey gains insight into the world?s largest horticultural company with its owner, Anna Ball. PLACES: THE CITY AS A GARDEN - Paul heads to the windy city, where a green-minded may has transformed the downtown with plants. PLANTS: THE VEGETABLE GARDEN, HOT & COLD - As summer wanes, Roger shifts our focus from heat-loving crops to those that will be harvested and enjoyed after frost. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: OUT OF BLOOM - Roger reminds us to choose your plants with an eye to the foliage so that, however fleeting the flowers of perennials may be, your garden will look lovely throughout the growing season.

40. Shades of Green

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: BEAR TOMASACHI - Paul Tukey introduces us to Native American Bear Tomasachi, a gardener and faith healer with a PhD from upstate New York. PLACES: SHADES OF GREEN - While in New York, Paul stops by Shades of Green, a backyard business run by a woman with a knack for gardening in the shade. PLANTS: PATCHING A LAWN - Roger shows us how to patch a lawn that never recovered from a party on the grass. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION - A gardener's most generous act may simply be to plant where the public can enjoy the display.

39. Botanic Gardens

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: DIRECTORS OF BOTANIC GARDENS - Paul Tukey chats with a group of leaders who help keep wonderful gardens open to the public. PLACES: ELM BANK - Paul takes us to Elm Bank Reservation in Wellesley, Mass., one of the nation?s exclusive sites for testing of the All-America flower trials. PLANTS: GROUND ROUNDS IN THE VEGGIE GARDEN - With a second planting of some crops in the ground, Roger takes us on a ground round of his vegetable garden at Weston Nurseries. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: WHY VEGGIES? - Given the attractiveness of flower gardens, and the shortage of garden time and space, why do so many people still raise their own vegetables? With the results from a recent nationwide poll, Roger provides some answers.

38. Invasive Plants, Native Fruits & Veggies

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: THE CONNECTICUT DUTCHMAN - Paul visits with Jan Ohms, a Connecticut Dutchman whose fourth-generation family business has significantly influenced American gardeners, fall plantings and spring flowers. PLACES: POOH CORNER - Paul travels to Maine's westernmost garden center complex, nestled into the base of a ski area. PLANTS: INVASIVE PLANTS - Be on the lookout for invasives! Roger and Wayne Mezitt take a look at several plant species that are growing too well in our region. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: NATIVE FRUITS AND VEGGIES - Can you name six fruits and vegetables native to North America? Roger celebrates the edible plants our immigrant forefathers found when they arrived in this new world.

37. Stewards of Future

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: STEWARDS OF THE FUTURE - Can organic gardening and farming feed the world? These young people think so. Paul Tukey visits with a group of graduate students who are exploring the viability of large-scale organic farming systems at the Rodale Institute in Kutztown, Pa. PLACES: THE KING & HIS COURTYARD - Paul takes us to the Allen C. Haskell Nursery in New Bedford, Mass., home of one of the most decorated gardeners in American history. Allen?s sense of humor is almost as legendary as the landscape he has cultivated for more than five decades. PLANTS: SPRING BULBS THAT LAST - Too often tulips fall prey to deer, squirrels and voles, and even the survivors often fail to bloom in subsequent years. By contrast, daffodils and many minor bulbs such as scilla are not only animal-proof, but they increase in numbers and bloom with each passing year. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: PLANTING TOOLS - Dibbles, trowels, and planting hoes . . . Roger introduces us to his favorite hand tools for planting seeds and seedlings.

36. Summer Azaleas

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: ELIOT COLEMAN - Paul Tukey talks organic gardening with year-round gardener Eliot Coleman. PLACES: MONTREAL BOTANICAL GARDENS - Paul Tukey visits China by way of the Montreal Botanic Garden. PLANTS: SUMMER AZALEAS - Roger Swain joins Wayne Mezitt for a look at the summer blooming azaleas at Weston Nurseries. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: BODY MEASUREMENT - Who needs a yardstick? Not Roger, who demonstrates how the garden can be planted by the measure of the gardener?s hand or foot.

35. Alpine Meadows

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: THE ROUTES - Paul Tukey meets Rodney and Jonathan Route, a father-and-son team with an amazing collection of evergreens. PLACES: ALPINE MEADOW - Paul follows Dr. Richard Churchill on a hike to the top of New England, to the Alpine Meadow garden on Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. PLANTS: OLD ROSES - Roger Swain gives us a tour around the world of roses at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: SUN & THE GARDENER - Full sun is great for the garden, but not great for the gardener. Roger (''the man who never wears shorts'') shows us how to save our skin.

34. Planting Perennial Borders

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: VIRGINIA PURVIANCE - Paul Tukey spends the afternoon with retired landscape designer Virginia Purviance from Middletown, R.I., for an intimate peek inside her back yard. PLACES: MOSAICULTURE INTERNATIONAL - Paul travels north of the border, to the International Mosaiculture Exhibition in Montreal. PLANTS: PLANTING PERENNIAL BORDERS - Roger Swain shows off his new perennial cottage garden at Weston Nurseries. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: MOSQUITOES - With the arrival of the West Nile virus, mosquitoes have been elevated from nuisance to public health threat. From repellents to Mosquito Dunks, Roger reviews the best ways to fight back.

33. Farming as a Career

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: FARMING AS A CAREER - Paul Tukey meets Siri Berringer, a young woman from the Mid-West who met Eliot Coleman and decided to make small farming in Maine her career. PLACES: LILAC SUNDAY - Paul travels to the Arnold Arboretum in Boston to experience the grandeur of lilac Sunday. PLANTS: TOMATO AND LEEKS - Roger Swain shows us how to plant tomatoes and leeks for the best harvest later in the season. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: ANNUAL BLOOMS (SHOPPING FOR THE PERFECT FLOWER) - Roger reminds us that when shopping for annuals to transplant into our gardens, the younger plants, the seedlings that have yet to bloom, will give us more to admire in the long run.

32. Longwood's Quiet Corner

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: GREENHOUSE CARE GIVER - Paul Tukey introduces us to Kevin Kearns, a greenhouse professional whose employees make the most of their physical and mental handicaps. PLACES: LONGWOOD'S QUIET CORNER - Paul explores the newest garden inside America's most prestigious public center of horticulture, Longwood Gardens, in Kennett Square, Pa. PLANTS: PLANTING BRAMBLES - Roger Swain and Tim Nourse demonstrate techniques for planting raspberries. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: ODE TO THE HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY - The Highbush Blueberry is a Native American plant which gives the gardener four seasons of pleasure.

31. Keeper of Conservatory

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: KEEPER OF THE CONSERVATORY - Paul Tukey meets Sharon Loving, a former florist who now has one of the premiere jobs in horticulture at Longwood Gardens. PLACES: BLITHEWOLD MANSION & GARDENS - Paul Tukey tours a Rhode Island estate with historic gardens and some of the largest specimen trees in America. PLANTS: SELECTING A HEDGE - Roger Swain plants hedges in the Weston Nurseries garden. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: ODE TO THE BALD CYPRESS - All mulches are not created equal. While cypress mulch is naturally decay resistant, much of it is being manufactured by grinding up entire young bald cypress trees, trees that, as Roger explains, might otherwise grow up to be 1,000 year-old giants.

30. Four Season Farm

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: LOGEES PART II - In Part II of her trip to Danielson, Conn., Joanna Harrington gives us insight into the Logee family, whose name is synonymous with tropical houseplants. PLACES: FOUR SEASON FARM - Paul Tukey takes us to Harborside, Maine, to Four Season Farm, where Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch are just finishing the winter gardening season. PLANTS: ASPARAGUS & STRAWBERRIES - Roger Swain demonstrates how to plant strawberries and other fruit crops in time for the upcoming season. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: EATING SEASONALLY - Enjoying fruits and vegetables in their seasons isn't just a pleasure; it's good for the planet.

29. Nature's Decorations

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: NATURE'S DECORATIONS - Paul Tukey visits a Maine couple who make amazing crafts from organically grown gourds, the oldest fruits on the planet. PLACES: LOGEES PART I - In Part I of her trip to Danielson, Conn., Joanna Harrington introduces us to Logee's Greenhouses, the legendary tropical plant nursery. PLANTS: RAISED BEDS - Roger Swain demonstrates how to improve soil and create raised beds prior to planting vegetables. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: PLANTING PEAS & ONIONS - In New England, April can be cold and showery, but it is not too early to plant your peas and onions.

28. Homestead Gardens

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: GARY BARSOMIAN - Paul Tukey introduces us to Gary Barsomian, an expert horticultural photographer, who offers great tips for the amateur. PLACES: HOMESTEAD GARDENS - Paul travels to Davidsonville, Maryland, to Homestead Gardens, one of the nation's largest garden centers. PLANTS: GARDEN DESIGN - Roger Swain is joined by landscape designer Tom Strangfeld, who is laying out the new People, Places & Plants gardens at Weston Nurseries. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: TESTING GARDEN SOIL - Topsoil is the garden's foundation. Before planting any new ground, Roger tells us to stop and have the soil tested for nutrients and hidden heavy metals.

27. Camden Yards

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: CLARA COURIC BATCHELOR - Katie Couric's big sister teaches us about landscape design and how it can improve your home. PLACES: CAMDEN YARDS - Paul visits Baltimore to live out two fantasies: pitching at a Major League ballpark and mowing a Major League lawn. PLANTS: HOUSEPLANTS - Roger reviews the spring revival of winter houseplants. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: ELECTRIC SEEDLINGS - Finally, Roger Swain demonstrates how best to start your spring transplants indoors, under lights.

26. Select Seed, Pruning Crabapples

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: CAROL STOCKER - Paul visits the great Boston Globe garden writer and collects her ideas on the basics of gardening. PLACES: JOHNNY'S SELECT SEEDS - Paul travels to Albion Maine to visit one of the finest seed companies in the America. PLANTS: CRABAPPLES - Roger shows us how and when to prune crabapples using a technique that hasn't been seen since the Texas Chainsaw Massacre! FOOD FOR THOUGHT: FORCING FLOWER BRANCHES - Forsythia, magnolia, cherry or quince - bring a branch indoors and get a jump on the bloom of spring!

25. Garden-Tool Making

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: THE TOOL - Paul takes a lesson in tool making from Bob Denman and learns why ''one size fits all'' doesn't necessarily apply to garden tools. PLACES: STRAWBERY BANKE - Paul takes a tour of the gardens at Strawbery Banke - a museum with a 400 year snapshot of garden history. PLANTS: TOMATO TIME - The peas' vines are tendrilling, the strawberries are blooming, and it is finally warm enough for planting our tomatoes. Roger demonstrates how to get your transplants off to a happy, healthy start. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: WHEEL DEALS - One wheel, two wheels, three wheels, four. From the wheelbarrow to the wagon, garden vehicles take a load off one's back. Roger rolls out some of his favorites.

24. Hillside Garden, Veggie Garden Chores

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: TAMING THE HILLSIDE - Paul visits the Berkoviches - a husband and wife who have tamed a hillside, and each other, in 30 years of gardening in Maine. PLACES: A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN - A story about how a group of concerned citizens, including Paul himself, banded behind a historic preservationist to secure Bernard McLaughlin's legacy. PLANTS: IN THE KITCHEN GARDEN - Mulching asparagus, fertilizing garlic, and setting bean poles are just a few of Roger's chores this week in the vegetable garden. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: GARDEN MILEAGE - WHAT do the Amish, supermarket tomatoes, and hybrid cars have in common? The answer is in the many aspects of 'mileage' as Roger discusses the highs and lows associated with the travels of our food and ourselves.

23. Herb Master, Campus of Beauty

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: SAL GILBERTIE - Paul visits Gilbertie's Garden Center to learn about herbs and how Sal became involved in the business. PLACES: THE SCOTT ARBORETUM - Paul visits The Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore College, known as "the most beautiful college campus in America." PLANTS: AMATEUR DISPLAYS - Roger highlights the amateur exhibits at the oldest flower show in the country. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: MAPLE SYRUP - As the sap of maple trees rises in the warmth of early spring sunshine, Roger reminds us that all our gardening depends on the power of the sun.

22. Public Gardener

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: THE PUBLIC GARDENER - JOHN TREXLER - Paul visits the backyard garden of John Trexler. Known to many as the Director of Tower Hill Botanic Garden, John also takes care of an extensive backyard garden with over 300 trees, shrubs and vines. PLACES: HORTICULTURAL CRAFTSMEN - MONROVIA - Monrovia nursery, located in the foothills of the mountains in Azusa, California produces thousands of plants for homeowners across the United States. Paul takes an in-depth look at what makes Monrovia unique, from their 42 soil blends to their recycling and environmental efforts. PLANTS: PRUNING A GRAPEVINE - Intimidated by pruning? Grapevines are a great place to practice. Roger shows us how to keep a backyard grapevine within bounds, and productive. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: CROCUS FOCUS - Roger takes a moment to appreciate these early bloomers. As small and delicate as they seem, they hold the power to excite and bring hope to winter weary gardeners.

21. California Gardening Guy

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: THE CALIFORNIA GARDENING GUY - Paul visits with Bob Smaus, a native Californian, at his garden in Los Angeles, California. Bob works at the LA Times as the garden columnist, has authored 4 books on California gardening, developed years and years worth of California gardening calendars and was the West Coast host of the Victory Garden on Public Television. Despite the significantly different climate and the three thousand-mile separation between their two backyards, Paul and Bob discover and discuss similarities in gardening philosophies and environmental stewardship. PLACES: LEWIS GINTER BOTANIC GARDEN - Paul visits the newest addition to the Lewis Ginter Botanic Garden, the glass conservatory. The state-of-the-art facility features computer controlled temperatures, humidity and ventilation. Collections appeal to garden lovers of all ages, from cottage gardens to an ever-blooming orchid display. True to the gardens purpose, the conservatory provides year round gardening pleasure for the Richmond community and all those who visit it. PLANTS: GRAFTING AN APPLE TREE - Jack Alexander, Plant Propagator at Harvard's Arnold Arboretum, and Roger Swain demonstrate how to top graft an apple tree. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: MUD SEASON - Roger shows us how to determine when the soil is ready for tilling and how to warm up our soil beds for early spring planting.

20. After Andrew

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: FRUIT AND SPICE - Twelve years after Hurricane Andrew, the farming community of Homestead, Florida has fully recovered and flourished thanks in part to the indomitable spirit of Chris Rollins, Director of the Fruit & Spice Park. PLACES: SPRING FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOWS - If you want to get a jump start on spring be sure to visit a Flower & Garden Show during the upcoming months. Paul visits the first show of the year in Virginia Beach and highlights many of the other shows across the USA. PLANTS: BANANAS & BEYOND - At Fairchild Tropical Garden in Coral Gables, Florida, Roger takes a closer look at bananas and their kin. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: JUST ADD WATER - (Paper Whites) Narcissus bulbs have a magical power to grow in a bowl of gravel and water, and light up a room with their bloom and fragrance.

19. Christmas Tree Farmers

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: CHRISTMAS TREE FARMERS - Paul Tukey visits Bill and Mary Lou Schmidt of Dummerston, Vermont, who are preserving a pristine corner of Vermont by planting holiday trees. PLACES: HOLIDAY AT THE GARDEN CENTER - Paul returns to his childhood home of Falmouth, Maine, where the local garden center, Skillins Greenhouses, has been celebrating the holidays with plants for 120 years. PLANTS: GARDEN FROST - With the garden at the final stages of production at Weston Nurseries for the season, Roger Swain begin the process of tidying up for the winter. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: EVERGREEN COMPANIONS - Roger reminds us to appreciate those trees and shrubs whose foliage endures through winters dark and cold.

18. Adrian Bloom, Tower Hill

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: ADRIAN BLOOM - With a surname like Bloom, Adrian may have been destined for the plant business from birth. Now the patriarch of the family's plant empire since his father's passing in 2005, Adrian Bloom may just be the world's pre-eminent gardening ambassador. PLACES: TOWER HILL BOTANIC GARDEN - Visit the orangerie at Tower Hill Botanic Garden to learn about the history and function of glass structures. PLANTS: WOODY PLANTS - Roger and Wayne Mezitt of Weston Nurseries teach us about woody plants with winter color. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: WITCHHAZEL - These unusual shrubs flower from late fall to very early spring. They are easily overlooked if you only go shopping in May, but their dramatic blooms are worth their weight in gold when snow is forecast. Roger tours a collection of witchhazels in their glory.

17. Albert Eldridge, Audobon House

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: ALBERT ELDRIDGE - Paul travels to Coconut Grove, Florida, where he has a Sunday morning cup of coffee in landscape designer Albert Eldridge's backyard. PLACES: THE AUDUBON HOUSE - Paul visits the Audubon House, the 6-week home of John James Audubon in Key West, Florida, way back in 1832. Audubon captured both birds and plants in his paintings during his stay in the mysterious pirate town. PLANTS: LIFE ON A LIMB - Roger takes a close look at epiphytes, their unusual growth habits and how you can grow them in your own indoor garden. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: SEEDS OF THE PAST - Getting ready to start your seeds? Roger reviews seed catalogues and the diversity of cultivars available.

16. Albritton Fruit Family

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: THE ALBRITTON FRUIT FAMILY - Paul visits with the Albritton family, which runs the oldest family owned business in Florida, The Albritton Fruit Company. The company has been hand-picking and serving fresh orange juice for more than 120 years. PLACES: THE KEY WEST GARDEN CLUB - In the land of pirates, Paul discovers a hidden treasure, the West Martello Tower. A restored fort and public garden in Key West, the Tower is an educational and inspirational site run by the Key West Garden Club. PLANTS: PALM PILOT - Roger examines different types of palm trees, their growth habits and why we can't grow them up north. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: PLAYING WITH YOUR FOOD - Vegetable gardening doesn't have to be boring. Instead of planting long straight rows of the same vegetables year after year, why not add a little humor and whimsy? Roger shows off the vegetable patch at Tower Hill Botanical Garden, where the theme changes every year. This year, it' s "Feast or Fiction", a storybook cornucopia.

15. Waterloo Matriarch

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: WATERLOO MATRIARCH - Paul spends the day with Linda LeBoutillier, the matriarch of the Waterloo Garden Centers in Pennsylvania. PLACES: HERSHEY'S CHILDREN - Paul has some fun at the newly dedicated Children's Garden at Hershey Gardens in Pennsylvania. PLANTS: BRAIDING ONIONS - Roger shows us how to braid onions, how to plant garlic, and tells us why we ought to have clover in our lawns. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: WHITE CLOVER - The widespread use of herbicides on American lawns has largely eliminated white clover, a plant that was once a valued ingredient in every lawn seed mix. Returning clover to turf assures that its nitrogen-fixing abilities will once again be put to good use.

14. Logee Generations, Garden in Woods

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: LOGEE GENERATIONS - Paul Tukey takes us to Danielson, Conn., to meet the other half of the legendary Logee family. PLACES: GARDEN IN THE WOODS - Paul explores the world of endangered plants at Garden in the Woods in Framingham, Mass., home of the New England Wild Flower Society. PLANTS: CONTAINER GARDENING - Roger Swain plants containers for sun, shade, kitchen and patio use. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: TOOLS AS TOOTHBRUSHES - Gardeners don't share toothbrushes and they shouldn't share shovels, Roger argues, because the fit between a tool and a person ought to be an intimate connection.

13. Plethora of Pumpkins

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: THE YANKEE SIEGE - What would you do with too many pumpkins and plenty of time on your hands? Paul Tukey introduces us to a dentist who has devised a medieval way to throw the pumpkins to the next town. PLACES: CHANTICLEER - Speaking of the Middle Ages, Paul visits the magnificent gardens of Chanticleer . . . not in old England, mind you, but right here in Eastern Pennsylvania. PLANTS: WINTERIZING LAWN MOWER - Roger gives us a step-by-step guide on how to winterize our lawn mowers the right way. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: GOLDEN LEAVES - Roger asserts that the leaves we rake up each fall can be a real treasure for next spring's garden.

12. Gardeing in Very Short Garden Season

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: NORTHERN COUNTY GARDENER - Paul Tukey introduces us to Cathy Bradley, a gardener from Aroostook County in northern Maine, who manages to grow a luxuriant perennial and shrub garden despite having one of the nation's shortest growing seasons. PLACES: ONE POTATO AT A TIME - Paul stays in Maine to visit an old-fashioned organic farm, where they still harvest their crop one potato at a time. PLANTS: CIDER APPLES - Roger takes us on tour of the apple orchard at Tower Hill Botanic Gardens and gives us a refreshing way to know more about apple history. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: EDGE OF THE POND - Maintaining water quality in ponds and lakes depends on keeping a generous buffer of vegetation at the water's edge. A selection of native plants assures both clean water and habitat for wildlife.

11. Pumpkin Shepherd

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: THE PUMPKIN SHEPHERD - Paul Tukey travels to Henniker, N.H., where Bruce Whittier has a giant pumpkin in waiting. PLACES: A DAY AT THE TOPSFIELD FAIR - Paul follows the Whittier family to the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at the Topsfield Fair in Massachusetts for the moment of truth. PLANTS: PLASTICS IN THE GARDEN - Do you have a garden shed full of plastic pots and other debris after a season of gardening? Don't throw them away, says Roger! FOOD FOR THOUGHT: FALL MUMS: LOVE 'EM AND DUMP 'EM - For the gardener ready to nurture plants through the winter, pots of chrysanthemums are exceptional: Roger tells us to enjoy these glorious flowers, and when the blooms pass, add the plants to the compost pile.

10. Tomato Lady

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: THE TOMATO LADY - Paul introduces us to The Tomato Lady, Amy LeBlanc, of Wilton, Maine, who shows us all sorts of tomatoes in a rainbow of colors. PLACES: PHIPPS CONSERVATORY - Paul travels to Pittsburgh, Pa., to the Phipps Conservatory, one of the nation's oldest and grandest gardens under glass. PLANTS: GLADS OUT/DAFFS IN - Roger demonstrates the autumn outs-and-ins of bulb gardening: how to prepare your gladiolus corms for winter storage, and how to plant spring-flowering bulb. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: DEFENDING WASPS - Wasps (and bees) may sting us on occasion, but they spend most of their lives benefiting the plants in our gardens.

9. Tropical Fruit Border

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: TROPICAL FRUIT EXPLORER - Paul catches up with Richard Campbell, a plant explorer searching for the perfect mango and other potentially significant fruit crops. PLACES: THOMAS EDISON ESTATES - Paul visits the winter estates of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford in Ft. Myers Florida where Edison¹s search for natural rubber helped create one of the most extensive botanical collections in Florida. PLANTS: TROPICAL FRUIT - Bigger is not always better when it comes to tree size. Roger takes a look at tropical fruit trees best suited for both backyard and agricultural growers. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: ASK PPP - Hey northern folks, ever wonder how to grow a coconut? Roger explains this, and answers other questions from viewers.

8. Elaborate Borders

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: BOTTICELLI ON A BOBCAT - Paul Tukey travels to Cape Cod in Massachusetts, where landscape designer Paul Miskovsky reveals his "pack 'em in" style of planting. The segment showcases elaborate garden borders and also the concept of xeriscaping - the process of creating a landscape with drought tolerant plants. PLACES: FARMING FOR THE FUTURE - Paul takes us to Kutztown, Pa., to the legendary Rodale Institute, the center of research for natural systems of farming and gardening in America. Can we feed the country without synthetic fertilizers and pesticides that poison the earth? The Institute's research has a clear answer. PLANTS: WEEDS AND WEEDING - Weeds are often a gardener's best crop. Roger explains that the secret to controlling them is matter of applying the right tool at the right time. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: ASK PPP - Roger explains how to control slugs, reduce the growth rate of a mugo pine, and arrange floating row cover over cucumbers.

7. Green Guerillas

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: GREEN GUERILLAS - Nearly three decades ago, they originated as renegade gardening activists. Recently, New York City's "Green Guerrilas" were instrumental in saving more than 100 public gardens. PLACES: NYC GARDEN NOOKS - In our Places segment, Paul Tukey stays in the big apple to visit some of the Garden Nooks that give the Big Apple its horticultural charm. PLANTS: HEMLOCK WOOLY ADELGID - Roger and Peter Del Tredici, Senior Research Scientist at the Arnold Arboretum, climb Hemlock Hill to look at the hemlock woolly adelgid infestation, and talk about the future of our eastern forests. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: ELECTRIC LAWN CARE - The familiar power lawnmower, along with other garden power equipment, accounts for a significant amount of air pollution. One solution is to replace the lawnmower's gasoline engine with an electric-powered one. The newest generation of such machines uses rechargeable batteries, eliminating the need to use an extension cord.

6. Garden Teacher

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: KERRY MENDEZ - Paul Tukey explores the back-yard classroom of horticultural educator Kerry Mendez in upstate New York. PLACES: PETRIFIED SEA GARDENS - Paul gets a tour of the Petrified Sea Gardens, one of the natural wonders of the world, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. PLANTS: WATERING TOOLS - When water matters most, Roger shows us how to apply this precious commodity correctly. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: HERBS - Annual or perennial, edible or ornamental, herbs belong in every garden. Roger shows off the collection at Weston Nurseries.

5. Bug Man

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: THE BUG MAN - DAVE ROGERS - Paul travels to Framingham, MA to get a closer look at the dinosaur-sized bugs that have invaded Garden in the Woods. PLACES: PLANTING A COMMUNITY - Paul is on-hand with the Perennial Plant Association and Blooms of Bressingham on Long Island in New York as it creates a garden in a day at the Cornell Research Station. Featuring world-famous plantsman Adrian Bloom as the lead designer, the segment follows the process of building the garden from start to finish. PLANTS: SYSTEMATIC COLLECTION - At Tower Hill Botanic Garden Roger tours the Systematic Garden, where the plants are grouped according to their degree of relatedness. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: HOUSEPLANTS ON VACATION - If we get a summer break, shouldn't our indoor plants get one too? Roger explains how to move them outdoors safely and in style.

4. Family's Joy

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: A FAMILY'S JOY - Paul meets Joy Longfellow - granddaughter of the owners of Longfellow's Greenhouses in Farmingdale Maine - who has been awarded a scholarship to Cornell University and plans to do great horticultural things with it. PLACES: FIELD OF DREAMS - Paul travels to Vassalboro, ME, where a family has found perennial success off the beaten path. PLANTS: DWARF CONIFERS - Roger joins Peter Del Tredici of Harvard's Arnold Arboretum for a look at slow-growing conifers and their use in the landscape. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: ASK PEOPLE, PLACES, AND PLANTS - Roger explains why phlox seedlings may not duplicate the color of the mother plant, why tar spot blemishes on maple leaves are harmless, and how to harvest and store winter squash.

3. Leaving Their Day Job

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: LEAVING YOUR DAY JOB - Paul introduces us to the women of Parterre Garden Services -- 3 women who left corporate America to do what they really love. PLACES: PROVEN WINNERS - Paul takes an in-depth look at the trailing, propagation and production of the most well known brand of gardening plants -- Proven Winners. PLANTS: HEDGE REALIGNMENT - When hedges become wider at the top than at the bottom, sunlight cannot reach the lower branches. Roger reshapes an elderly privet hedge in Newton, Massachusetts. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: QUIET, PLEASE - The noise outdoors not only makes television filming a challenge, but it is a threat to gardeners and the public alike.

2. What Plants Teach

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: GROWING GARDENERS - Paul takes a trip out to Peaks Island in Maine, where the children of Peaks Garden School learn all kinds of lessons from plants. PLACES: BROKEN ARROW NURSERY - Paul travels to Hamden, CT to visit Broken Arrow Nursery and takes an in-depth look at plant hybridization. PLANTS: CHANGING POTS - Plastic flower pots have replaced clay when it comes to raising plants, but as Roger demonstrates, there is nothing quite like the look of clay when it comes to showing them off. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: CLIMBING TREES - Children who climb trees grow up to love them, says Roger, who deplores the current fashion for ''safer'' man-made play structures over the real thing.

1. Stonework, Vineyards & Perennials

January 1, 2000

PEOPLE: THE EARTH MOVER - Paul receives a lesson in stonework and scale from Massachusetts landscape designer Michael Mazur of Earthworks. PLACES: REDEFINING THE VINEYARD - Cheers! Paul toasts Bonterra Vineyards in California - a facility that produces fine organic wine. PLANTS: DIVIDING PERENNIALS - Many perennials benefit from periodic division as Roger demonstrates when he tackles a large overgrown patch of rudbeckia at Tower Hill Botanic Garden. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: ASK PPP - Roger explains how to control slugs, reduce the growth rate of a mugo pine, and arrange floating row cover over cucumbers.

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