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The Victory Garden | PBS

The Victory Garden | PBS

WGBH Boston

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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 consider becoming a member of your local public television station.

Episodes

Best Bets for Rose of Sharon

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.
3min•Apr 15, 2010
Best Bets for the Parterre Garden

Best Bets for the Parterre Garden

Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom gives us his best bets for a parterre garden.
2min•Apr 8, 2010
Best Bets for Eggplant

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.
1min•Apr 1, 2010
Best Bets for Shrubs

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.
2min•Mar 25, 2010
Pond Maintenance

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.
3min•Mar 18, 2010
Best Bets for Berry Plants

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.
3min•Mar 11, 2010
Best Bets for Peppers

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.
2min•Mar 4, 2010
Best Bets for Hydrangeas

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.
2min•Feb 25, 2010
Best Bets for Climbing Plants

Best Bets for Climbing Plants

Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom shows us his best bets for new varieties for dark foliage in your backyard.
2min•Feb 18, 2010
Best Bets for Dark Foliage

Best Bets for Dark Foliage

Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom shows us his best bets for new varieties for dark foliage in your backyard.
3min•Feb 11, 2010
Best Bets for Fall Flowers

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.
3min•Feb 4, 2010
Best Bets for Artichokes

Best Bets for Artichokes

Jack Algiers at the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture describes how to grow healthy and hearty artichokes.
2min•Jan 28, 2010
Best Bets for Roses

Best Bets for Roses

Are you giving up on growing roses? Well, don't. Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom introduces us to some new varieties that are easy to grow and disease-resistant -- he is joined by horticulture expert Todd Forrest from the New York Botanical Garden.
3min•Jan 21, 2010
Best Bets for Evergreens

Best Bets for Evergreens

Evergreens are one of those vital ingredients to any good landscape -- strong green color all year around. But gardening correspondent Paul Epsom tells us that is only part of the story. In his ideal garden, evergeens are joined by ever blues, ever yellows and even ever reds.
3min•Jan 14, 2010
Best Bets for Golden Foliage

Best Bets for Golden Foliage

Looking to brighten up your garden in the fall? Consider the color yellow -- and add some golden foliage to your landscape. Gardening expert Paul Epsom gives us his best bets for golden foliage for your garden.
3min•Jan 7, 2010
Front Entrance

Front Entrance

Paul Epsom of PBS's The Victory Garden gives tips on beautifying your front entrance.
3min•May 28, 2009
Succulents

Succulents

The Victory Garden's Paul Epsom gives his favorite succulent specimens for Zone 6 cities.
5min•May 14, 2009
Spider Mites

Spider Mites

Paul Epsom of PBS's The Victory Garden gives tips on how to handle the dreaded spider mite.
3min•May 7, 2009
Dry Shade

Dry Shade

Paul Epsom of PBS's The Victory Garden gives tips on low maintenance ground covers for dry shade.
4min•Apr 30, 2009
Asiatic Lilies

Asiatic Lilies

The Victory Garden's Paul Epsom gives tips on Asiatic lilies.
3min•Apr 23, 2009