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Discover popular houseplant varieties and learn about their care. Visit a garden featuring unique herbs and discuss their uses beyond the kitchen.
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Tim Wright/VPMExplore state and national champion trees at Richmond’s historic Maymont park. Tour Dragon Run on the Middle Peninsula to learn about bald cypress and the old growth forest network. -
PhotoJuthamat - stock.adobe.com/376424661Is your soil ready for your plants? This is a great question and most of us might just look at the soil to say yes — it looks loamy and has that black, rich color, or no — it looks like red Virginia clay to me! There is so much more to soil than meets the eye, and I want to introduce the best way to know more about what is in your dirt: the soil test.
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I garden with deer, where more than a dozen think my gardens are their personal restaurant to browse through. I have gardened with deer for many years, and through research backed by expensive trial and error on my part, I now only buy plants with specific traits.
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As gardeners, during the winter months we start missing our time in the garden. We spend so much time in our gardens during the warm season, that when we are forced to slow down due to frozen ground or uncomfortable cold, we can start feeling depressed and eager to get back to playing in the soil.
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A common question fellow gardeners ask me is about what my favorite plants are. While I have a few favorites, I really do like almost all plants so trying to choose just a few is difficult.
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I have always enjoyed going into my backyard and harvesting veggies for a meal, but I find it even more exciting during winter. I often continue growing into the winter by protecting my fall garden beds that get the most sunlight during winter.
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When I sit in my sunniest room, flipping through the various catalogs stacked at my feet, I know I need to be very careful with the plant choices I make. My years of experience have taught me that these choices will have an impact on my garden — and on my time — until the end of the season.
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Dr. Robyn Puffenbarger/At my house, bird watching and bird feeding is a year-round activity. To make the birds safe in your space, think about adding ‘cover’ so they can approach.
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January is the coldest month of the year for most of the US and many gardeners manage through the month’s 31 days by hibernating inside with garden catalogs at their fingertips. However, just because it is cold outside doesn’t mean there isn’t anything to do in the garden.
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It’s that time of year that’s full of family and friend gatherings; it can be very stressful and overwhelming. During this time, it’s so important to take time to just breathe.
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Coronavirus has put a damper on the Virginia Cooperative Extension’s annual Blueberry Field Walk at VSU - but some good might come of it after all. -
The unseasonably mild winter and hot spring temperatures have brought green to Virginia early than normal.
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As the warmest winter in over a century comes to an end the garden is looking very different than it usually does. Some plants are growing or blooming up to 2 weeks earlier than typical. Tasks normally reserved for March needed tending to in February but do not despair, there is still time to catch up.
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Pat McCafferty bids a personal farewell to viewers and reflects on his time as a Virginia Home Grown co-host.
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Next month, the United States Postal Service will be introducing ten new stamps that are sure to be a hit with plant lovers and outdoorsy people everywhere. The booklet features close-ups of orchid flowers and is the result of a lengthy process involving a slew of experts. It all started with an idea to showcase everyday Phalaenopsis hybrids but soon morphed into a pictorial catalog of exotic wild orchids.
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Once winter arrives in Virginia, plant lovers may need to work a little harder to find the botanical beauty that comes so naturally in the warm months. But with a little effort, we can bring that plant pizzazz back into our lives and homes—and one great way to do this is by making fabulous winter wreaths.
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Host Peggy Singlemann talks with Ryan Olsen, Horticulturist at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, about cacti and succulents.Co-host Pat McCafferty visits Chris Fields-Johnson in Scottsville to learn about the benefits of integrating livestock into forest pastures also known as silvopasture.
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As fall sets in, we welcome blustery winds, low ochre suns, and that timeless sweet-sour smell of decomposing leaves. Many of us invite traditions of warm spices and beverages, cozy sweaters, and trips to farms and orchards to select pumpkins and apples—some of our last big harvests of the season. Yet in many ways, fall is a time of saying goodbye—to our summer gardens, to the dog days of swimming, and to many of our migration and hibernation-destined animal friends
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Pat McCafferty learns about the mission of Farfields Farm, a regenerative agriculture endeavor in Afton, Virginia, from Kelly Walsh. He also talks with Lilia Fuquen about the Virginia Humanities program Food and Community, which explores food and food practices in communities throughout the commonwealth.
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Virginia Home Grown host Peggy Singlemann takes us on a tour of an Ashland garden with and Julie Erickson.Learn about tropicals in-studio with Scott Burrell.
