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PAS Garden Home: Shape and Form

In this episode of P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home we’ll look at the shape and form of garden spaces and how that same principle translates to plants.

Construction Update
Marble craftsman Terry Gheta installed the countertops and sinks at the Garden Home Retreat.  He shares tips for caring for soapstone, which is the material used for the farm sink in the mudroom.

The Green Component
Planting Tomatoes – Watch as Allen plants a Sweet 100 tomato in the garden and learn a few tips on growing this warm season vegetable.  Read more about planting tomatoes.

Garden Home Inside and Out
Living space in the outdoor studio is extended outdoors with the addition of a pergola.  American Wisteria ‘Amethyst Falls’ (Wisteria frutescens) are planted on the corners to grow up into the arbor ceiling to create shade.  American Wisteria does not bloom as heavily as it does in Spring, but it will continue to produce flowers throughout the growing season.

Hands on Gardening
Planting Bare Root Roses at the Governor’s Mansion
Allen demonstrates how to plant a bare root rose.

Friends in the Garden
Take a private tour of the grounds at Churchill Downs with the Director of Horticulture, John Backert.

Garden Home How To
One Acre Vegetable Garden
The latest addition to the Garden Home Retreat is the One Acre Vegetables Garden.  Allen explains how they started by creating a good soil blend.

Dan Paschke and Allen discuss a few reasons that it is important to keep the brush cleared along the forest line at the Garden Home Retreat.

Virtual Makeover
Sharon receives a Virtual Makeover for her house in South Carolina.  Allen recommends dogwoods, Chinese snowball viburnum, boxwoods, white azaleas and variegated liriope To complement her white brick house.