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PAS Gardens: Gardening Above Ground

Broadcasting the week of 08-23-10
In this episode of P. Allen Smith Gardens learn about all the choices available for gardening in containers, how to build a raised bed and growing herbs indoors. Plus watch a chef at the Viking Cooking School prepare grilled shrimp with a tamarind glaze.

Feature Highlights

• Tamarind Glazed Grilled Shrimp
• Raised Beds
• Growing Herbs Indoors
• Video:  Container Care

Featured Plants

• Heuchera
• 'White Nancy' Lamium
• Vinca minor
• Vinca major
• Torenia
• 'Blue Victoria' Mealy Cup Sage (Salvia farinacea)
• 'Blue Angel' Salvia patens
• 'Coronado' Hyssop (Agastache aurantiaca)
• 'Lemon Symphony' Osteospermum
• 'Lucifer' Crocosmia
• Superbells Red Calibrachoa
• Angelface Blue Angelonia
• Intensia Cabernet Phlox
• Scaevola
• Bluebird Nemesia
• Charmed Wine Oxalis
• 'Buttercrunch' Lettuce
• 'Red Sail' Lettuce
• 'Red Oak Leaf' Lettuce

People and Places

• Jeffrey Bates, Chef, Viking Cooking School, Greenwood, MS - The Viking Cooking School in Greenwood, Mississippi, is home to many talented chefs who share their skills with everyday folks who want to brush up on their culinary knowledge. Chef Jeffrey Bates gave us a lesson in how to use shrimp on the grill.
• Wim Oudshoorn, Horticulturist, Keukenhof, The Netherlands - Wim is a knowledgeable plantsman in The Netherlands with his own television and other media ventures. We caught up with Wim at the Keukenhof, the national display garden of Holland, in an area of the garden he helped to design. Unlike other parts of Keukenhof which is awash of color from seasonal bulbs this quiet corner featured many shade loving bulbs and plants.