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WGBH Boston

Hosted by international garden design sensation Jamie Durie and featuring Chef Michel Nischan's James Beard award-winning "Homegrown" cooking segments, The Victory Garden equips viewers with the confidence and inspiration to roll up their sleeves, get their hands dirty, and live outdoors. With so many Americans aspiring to care for the environment and create their own outdoor living spaces, The Victory Garden's unique fusion of garden design, earth-to-table cooking, and eco-conscious how-to tips is of greater interest today than ever before in its more than 30-year history. The newest season of The Victory Garden takes viewers on a coast-to-coast journey -- from a Napa Valley garden of fruits, vegetables, and herbs modeled after the 16th-century Jardins du Villandry in France, to a Massachusetts farm that provides pristine produce to some of the finest restaurants in Boston. The Victory Garden is produced by WGBH Boston and distributed by PBS. If you enjoy this podcast, please consi

  • 3 minutes 13 seconds
    Best Bets for Rose of Sharon
    Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom has always had difficulty with hibiscus but offers up some nice varieties of the rose of Sharon.
    15 April 2010, 4:03 pm
  • 2 minutes 50 seconds
    Best Bets for the Parterre Garden
    Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom gives us his best bets for a parterre garden.
    8 April 2010, 3:15 pm
  • 1 minute 33 seconds
    Best Bets for Eggplant
    Jack Algiers from the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture shows us his best bets for growing eggplant in New England.
    1 April 2010, 3:27 pm
  • 2 minutes 25 seconds
    Best Bets for Shrubs
    Gardening Correspondent Paul Epsom figures out how to make the best of an empty space in his yard, by filling it with flowering shrubs for a low maintenance solution to a not-so-attractive space in the garden.
    25 March 2010, 4:15 pm
  • 3 minutes 26 seconds
    Pond Maintenance
    Ponds make a beautiful addition to any garden, but there is a certain amount of maintenance that must go with it. Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom walks us through what needs to be done before winter comes.
    18 March 2010, 4:06 pm
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    Best Bets for Berry Plants
    Well if you live in a colder part of the U.S., winter can often be the longest season in your garden. So, if your landscape design doesn't include hardy plants for winter, it is going to be a long wait until spring. Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom introduces us to some winter berries that will add color to your garden.
    11 March 2010, 4:38 pm
  • 2 minutes 15 seconds
    Best Bets for Peppers
    Jack Algiers from the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture shows us his best bets for growing peppers in New England.
    4 March 2010, 6:30 pm
  • 2 minutes 20 seconds
    Best Bets for Hydrangeas
    There are not many of us who don't appreciate hydrangeas in the garden -- gardening correspondent Paul Epsom introduces us to some of his favorites.
    25 February 2010, 8:59 pm
  • 2 minutes 14 seconds
    Best Bets for Climbing Plants
    Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom shows us his best bets for climbing plants that will cover an ugly eyesore.
    18 February 2010, 4:13 pm
  • 3 minutes 47 seconds
    Best Bets for Dark Foliage
    Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom shows us his best bets for new varieties for dark foliage in your backyard.
    11 February 2010, 3:57 pm
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    Best Bets for Fall Flowers
    When summer finally fades away and we are into fall, flowers are at a premium and gardening expert Paul Epsom has some new choices, above and beyond the usual fall flower -- the hardy mum.
    4 February 2010, 7:37 pm
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