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Approximate Running Time of each episode: 30 minutes
Episode #13
Features:
- We travel to Phoenix, Arizona for a tour of lush citrus orchards.
- Native American gardens that produce delicious Southwest cuisine.
- And an innovative salvage garden that saves desert plants from urban developement.
- And then it's on to Floyd Lamb State Park outside Las Vegas for a look at their Mojave Desert Wonders.
- And Fiery Foods Magazine editor Dave DeWitt shows the ins and outs of growing your own chile pepper garden.
Episode #12
Features:
- Visit Santa Fe, New Mexico for a tour of two enchanting gardens.
- Discover environmental benefits of constructive wetlands.
- Walk through Tucson's Tohono Chul Park and pick up a few pointers on cacti.
- And learn how to avoid common mistakes in the home orchard.
Episode #11
Features:
- Meet local Las Vegans who enjoy gardening in a city of glitz and glitter.
- Get ready for an extravaganza of chile peppers suited especially for your tastes.
- Tour the herb garden at the Arboretum in Flagstaff, Arizona.
- See how one Tucson gardener gets creative with container gardening.
Episode #10
Features:
- Witness the careful transplant of a Saguaro cactus.
- Fight water run-off problems with suggestions from a California master gardener.
- Discover the rock garden exhibit at the Denver Botanic Gardens.
- Learn how to plant spring bulbs.
Episode #9
Features:
- Travel to Palm Springs, California where the desert meets the tropics.
- See a garden wildscape in Taos, New Mexico.
- Learn about cacti and succulents at the Rio Grande Botanic Garden.
- And find out which plants do well in sandy soils.
Episode #8
Features:
- Visit historic Taos, New Mexico where residents mix art and plants in intimate adobe courtyards.
- Witness the wonders of an Amarillo hummingbird garden.
- Tour the impressive Chihuahuan Desert Garden on the campus of the University of Texas-El Paso.
- And learn the fine points of working with a desert landscape designer.
Episode #7
Features:
- Visit the hidden courtyards of historic Mesilla, New Mexico where private gardens abound behind old adobe walls.
- Make dye from plants with expert Ric Rao.
- Learn how to help your plants survive while you're on vacation.
Episode #6
Features:
- Travel to the west Texas town of El Paso for garden tours from the Franklin Mountains to the Rio Grande Valley
- Flagstaff, Arizona gardener tells how to discourage garden grazing wildlife
- Collection of desert trees and shrubs at Albuquerque's Rio Grande Botanic Garden
- Boulder, Colorado's xeriscape pioneer
Episode #5
Features:
- Two Navajo gardeners show their techniques for growing vegetables
- Japanese garden in the heart of Denver, Colorado
- Shade garden at the Arboretum in Flagstaff, Arizona
- Learn to prepare soil for xeric plants
Episode #4
Features:
- Los Alamos lesson on permaculture
- Los Alamos gardener rebuilds after devastating forest fire
- Arizona garden designed to attract wildlife
- Native plants garden in Palo Duro Canyon State Park
Episode #3
Features:
- Texas-style cottage garden in Amarillo
- Texas wind-tolerant garden
- Innovative tropical rhododendron greenhouse
- Cultivating Bermudagrass
Episode #2
Features:
- Urban gardens tour of Denver, Colorado
- Fine points of water-wise landscaping
- Rare mountain flowers at Flagstaff Arboretum
- Controlling Pinon Needle Scale
Episode #1
Features:
- High mountain gardens of Flagstaff, Arizona
- Underground drip irrigation
- Color blast of desert bloom at Albuquerque's Rio Grande Botanic Garden
- Plants for water pond