The Victory Garden | PBS show

The Victory Garden | PBS

Summary: 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.

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 Best Bets for Rose of Sharon | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:13

Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom has always had difficulty with hibiscus but offers up some nice varieties of the rose of Sharon.

 Best Bets for the Parterre Garden | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 2:50

Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom gives us his best bets for a parterre garden.

 Best Bets for Eggplant | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 1:33

Jack Algiers from the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture shows us his best bets for growing eggplant in New England.

 Best Bets for Shrubs | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 2:25

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.

 Pond Maintenance | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:26

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.

 Best Bets for Berry Plants | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:26

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.

 Best Bets for Peppers | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 2:15

Jack Algiers from the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture shows us his best bets for growing peppers in New England.

 Best Bets for Hydrangeas | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 2:20

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.

 Best Bets for Climbing Plants | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 2:14

Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom shows us his best bets for new varieties for dark foliage in your backyard.

 Best Bets for Dark Foliage | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:47

Gardening correspondent Paul Epsom shows us his best bets for new varieties for dark foliage in your backyard.

 Best Bets for Fall Flowers | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:01

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.

 Best Bets for Artichokes | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 2:46

Jack Algiers at the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture describes how to grow healthy and hearty artichokes.

 Best Bets for Roses | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:21

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.

 Best Bets for Evergreens | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:43

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.

 Best Bets for Golden Foliage | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:43

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.

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