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Watch gardening tips from The Victory Garden online! From creating a healthy garden bed to protecting your peonies from disease, you'll find tips from the pros at The Victory Garden that you can put to use right away.


Homegrown: Microgreens - April 30, 2009
With the price of produce today, it's now more than ever a great idea to grow your own. Michel Nischan visits Summer Winter Restaurant in Burlington, Massachusetts, where he learns about growing microgreens with Chef Clark Frasier and master gardener Ryan Fahey.

Balance in Design - April 30, 2009
Balance is important in every garden. Landscape designer Karen Howard tells gardening correspondent Paul Epsom how she used symmetrical and asymmetrical elements to create balance in her own garden.

Pruning Rhododendrons - April 2, 2009
Do you have rhododendrons that want to own both the land and your house? Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom and landscape designer Karen Howard discuss how to prune rhododendrons.

Height in Design - April 2, 2009
Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom discusses techniques to create height in your garden with landscape designer Karen Howard.

Evergreens for Color - March 5, 2009
Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom and landscape designer Karen Howard talk about options for evergreens with color.

Cedar Apple Rust - March 5, 2009
Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom and landscape designer Karen Howard discuss the common tree disease cedar apple rust.

Shade Plants - February 5, 2009
Tired of the same old ground covers? Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom and landscape designer Karen Howard suggests wonderful alternatives for ground covering in the shade.

Easy Moss Planting - February 5, 2009
Paul Epsom shows you how to grow moss in your garden by blending it with a growing medium.

Compost Tea - January 8, 2009
Jamie Durie visits Geoff Pall of COPIA, the American Center for Food and Wine, where he learns how to make compost tea, a liquid extract of compost itself, making it more available to the plant.

Earth-friendly Materials - January 8, 2009
When planning an environmentally friendly garden it's also important to consider the materials you're using. Jamie Durie shows how to incorporate earth-friendly materials like recycled man-made timber and recycled crushed oyster shells in your garden.

Native Plant Species - November 26, 2008
Jamie Durie explains the importance of using native plants and trees.

Cacti and Succulents in the Garden - November 26, 2008
Do you want to create an environmentally friendly garden that uses less water and requires lower maintenance? Jamie Durie shows you how by using cacti and succulents.

Earth-friendly Gardening in the City - October 30, 2008
Jamie Durie talks to The Fairmont's Chef James Pedro for tips on keeping earth-friendly in the city by recycling green waste to create compost.

Victory Gardens 2008 - October 30, 2008
Jamie Durie visits the Victory Gardens 2008 program in San Francisco where he explains the concept of victory gardens and the importance of growing food in your own backyard.

Composting Choices - March 14, 2008
Composting, a best-practice in gardening for generations, is becoming more and more popular with home gardeners. Learn more about this exploding trend as Jamie Durie reports from the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College near San Diego, California.

Solar Lighting - January 4, 2008
A quick review of some of the newest decorative solar lighting available for your garden.

Ask The Victory Garden: How to Cope with a Slope - December 27, 2007
Jamie Durie talks about how to deal with a sloping site and the huge issue of erosion that can result.

Ask The Victory Garden: "Chocolate" Plants - December 20, 2007
Jamie Durie explains how dark colored plants can provide a punch to any border or container.

Ask The Victory Garden: Waterwise Groundcover - December 13, 2007
Trachelospermum jasminoides, common name "star jasmine" or "confederate jasmine," is a sweet smelling evergreen vine for zones 8 through10. But did you know it can also work for you as a low growing, shrubby groundcover? This plant also works well in colder climates in containers.

Ask The Victory Garden: Attracting Birds to Your Garden - December 7, 2007
See some of the latest and greatest birdfeeders to help attract feathered friends to your garden.

Ask The Victory Garden: Herbal Drinks - November 29, 2007
Extra basil or rosemary on hand? Why not use it in a "muddled" drink!" Loews Coronado Bay Resort's Chef Paul Frahm shows Jamie Durie the latest technique for blending herbs and fruit into beverages.

Ask The Victory Garden: Permeable Hardscaping - November 21, 2007
The Getty Center Gardens in Los Angeles, California, uses a type of permeable tile to surround trees and other softscape items.

Ask The Victory Garden: Firewise Gardening - November 8, 2007
Do you live in a fire-prone area? Selecting the right plants for your landscaping projects can save your property—and your life—if disaster strikes. Jamie Durie reports from the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College near San Diego, California.

Ask The Victory Garden: Firewise Gardening - November 8, 2007
Do you live in a fire-prone area? Selecting the right plants for your landscaping projects can save your property—and your life—if disaster strikes. Jamie Durie reports from the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College near San Diego, California.

Simply the Best Tomatoes - October 19, 2006
Gardener Kip Anderson and lifestyle co-host Sissy Biggers tour the Victory Garden's vegetable garden and dish on the most delicious tomato varieties and give tips on how to grow them: Tomato 'Isis Candy Cherry', Tomato 'Black Pearl', Tomato 'Snowberry', Tomato 'Sungold', Tomato 'Favorita'

Row Cover 101 - October 5, 2006
Michael Weishan and gardener Kip Anderson give you a primer on using row cover effectively in the vegetable garden- preventing insect infestations and shielding sensitive plants.

Double Digging - September 21, 2006
Michael Weishan and gardener Kip Anderson demonstrate the cultivation technique of "double digging" — a tried and true way of creating a healthy garden bed for plants and vegetables.

Disease Control for Peonies - September 7, 2006
Viewer question answered! Why do some peonies' buds die off before bloom?

Lichen - August 24, 2006
Viewer question answered! What exactly is lichen, and will it harm the trees and plants it grows on?

Plants for Scent - August 10, 2006
There's nothing like fragrance in the garden! Michael Weishan and Mike Mahoney of Mahoney's Garden Centers in Winchester, Massachusetts, discuss their best bets for selecting plants with scent

Updated April 30, 2009