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Small Gardens: Huge Impact Designs

February 13, 2021

• Contemporary Cottage Style Small Garden: Lori & Jack Shreves
• The Less is More Garden: Susan Morrison
• Rose Rosette Disease
• Planting Strawberries

Native Alternatives to Exotic Invasive Plants

January 30, 2021

• Shady Style for Wildlife Habitat: Sandy Stone and Joe Brown
• Invasive Plants with Erin Cord
• Container Avocado
• Essential Garden Tools

Firewise Landscaping

January 23, 2021

• Botanical Artist Valerie Fowler
• Firewise Landscape with Will Boettner
• Fertilize Trees
• Tomato Seeds

Save Your Succulents + Charmed Up Makeover

January 16, 2021

• Charming, Creative, Resourceful Makeover: Colleen Jamison and Bruce Baldwin
• Succulent Care with Monique Capanelli
• Twig Girdlers
• Soil Microbes

Mountain Cedar: Why to Love the Tree You Love to Hate

January 9, 2021

• Sustainable Design Meets Art: Cera-Mix Studio’s Claudia Reese
• Cedar Trees with Elizabeth McGreevy
• Lady Banks Rose
• Propagate Woody Plants

Evergreen Ideas for Sun & Shade

October 17, 2020

• Marble Falls Helping Center Garden
• Evergreen Plants for Sun, Shade with Jessica Robertson
• Peeling Bark, Chinkapin Oak
• Shade Plants

Dry Creek Bed Design

October 10, 2020

• Lake Buchanan Native Plant Restoration: Pamela & Jimmy Holcomb
• Dry Creek Bed Design with Leah Churner
• How to Water
• Make a Compost Bin

Square Foot Gardening

September 12, 2020

• Makeover: Kids' Basketball Court and Shady Garden Design | Ellen & Rick Bickling
• Square Foot Gardening with Steve Bartholomew
• CTG Gardeners’ Photo Album May and June 2020
• Inspect Nursery Plants for Roots

Prep for Fall Veggies + Indoor Plant Design

September 5, 2020

• Glamorous Houseplant Design: Melissa Hagen
• Fall Veggie Prep | Randy Thompson
• Troubled Plant Leaves
• Sharpen Garden Tools

Rethinking Landscapes in Weather Challenges

August 29, 2020

• Old Yard to New Garden Concept: Janie Orr
• Rethinking Landscapes in Climate Chang: Emily Manderson
• Great CTG Viewer Pictures
• Prep Outdoor Containers for Winter Inside: John Dromgoole

Fact or Fiction?

August 22, 2020

• Desktop Office Orchids: Lucy Newton and Sheryl Hawkins
• Garden Fact or Fiction: Jeff Ferris
• Common Mistakes to Avoid
• Compost How-To: Sheryl Williams

Adventures with Sharon Lovejoy & San Antonio Artists

August 15, 2020

• Romantic, Whimsical Art in San Antonio Garden: Maria and David Guerrero
• Finding Wonder with Sharon Lovejoy
• Freeze Damage Citrus and Ficus
• Companion Plants: Sheryl Williams

How Fragrance Impacts Decisions

August 8, 2020

• First Home & Garden from Scratch: Susan Snyder and Mark Hathaway
• How Fragrance Impacts Decisions: Ann McCormick
• What’s wrong with this wax myrtle?
• Grow Microgreens for Big Flavor: Molly Pikarsky

Panayoti Kelaidis, Denver Botanic Gardens

August 1, 2020

• Backyard Micro-Prairie, Vegetables, Chickens, Playground: John Hart Asher & Bonnie Evridge
• Panayoti Kelaidis, Denver Botanic Gardens |Central Texas Gardener
• Texas sabal palm troubles & Virginia buttonweed control
• Pretty, Winter Edibles to Grow: Molly Pikarsky

Take a Walk on the Dry Side Plants

July 18, 2020

• Houston to Rocky Austin Design Adapt: Kathy Payne and Greg Wise
• Take a Walk on the Dry Side Plants
• Why Drought-Tough Plants Die in Rainfall
• Turn Herbs into Luscious Liqueurs: Alejandra Rodriguez Boughton

Succulent Plants + Edible Flowers

July 11, 2020

• Tennis Court Turned into Gardens
• Spark Up Succulent Design: Jay Arredondo
• What is a succulent?
• Eat Your Flowers!: Alejandra Rodriguez Boughton

Half-Pint Urban Prairie + Native Fruit Tress

July 4, 2020

• Seeding a Sustainable Future at the Half-Pint Urban Prairie
• Grow Native Fruit Trees: Karen Beaty
• Millipedes: Daphne Richards
• Start Sweet Potato Slips: Sheryl Williams

Planting in a Post-Wild World: Thomas Rainer

June 27, 2020

• Uniting Home, Family, and Wildlife: Leah & Jon Gillum
• Planting in a Post-Wild World: Thomas Rainer
• What are these white things in my container?
• Garden Mailbox Storage: John Dromgoole

Plant Swap Tips + Colorado Lessons to Texas

June 20, 2020

• Family Vegetable and Pollinator Garden: Rasmey Mau Raymond
• Colorado Lessons Planted in Texas: Celia Cawthon
• Thinning Fruit from Young Citrus Trees
• Plant Swap Prep: Leslie Halleck

Why Trees are Key in Climate Change Challenge

June 13, 2020

• Fort Hood Family Community Gardens
• Why Trees Matter in Climate Change: Vincent Debrock
• How does long-term drought and over-pruning affect our trees?
• How To Freeze Herbs: Ann McCormick

Invasive Species Dilemma

June 6, 2020

• Memories + Art Revive a Neglected Garden: Jennifer Edwards
• Invasive Species Dilemma: Matt Turner
• Beneficial Mexican honey wasp nest
• Garden Salad & Balsamic Reduction: Molly & Max Pikarsky

Butterfly Plants for the Bees’ Needs!

May 30, 2020

• Lawn to Habitat and Outdoor Living: Betty Saenz
• Butterfly Plants for the Bees’ Needs: National Butterfly Center
• Cool ice sculptures on plant
• Variegated Plants for Foliar Drama: John Dromgoole & Neil Schmidt

Plant Pathogen Primer

March 21, 2020

• New Vision in Brenham: Lucille and Bill Welch
• Plant Pathogen Primer: Brianna Crowley
• Oak leaf galls, raised bed drainage
• Save Money by Growing Up Small Plants: John Dromgoole

Oak Wilt

February 15, 2020

• Bungalow Food Forest & Habitat: Dawn Houser
• Oak Wilt: Kevin Belter
• Black spots on live oak leaves/when prune
• Quick Toasty Herbal Bread: Molly & Max Pikarsky

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