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11-16-09 Gardens of Prayer

Broadcasting the Week of 11-16-09
In this episode of P. Allen Smith Gardens see the succulent gardens at the Strybing Arboretum and the Arkansas House of Prayer. Learn about deer habits and how to use repellents to keep them from eating plants in your garden.  Allen demonstrates a craft project for making egg shell people with grass hair.    And Chef Christy Milligan of Cupcakes on Kavanaugh shares a recipe for fruit flavored cupcakes.

Feature Highlights
Kid's Project:  Eggshell People with Grass Hair
Eggshell Seed Starting Pots
Strawberry Cupcakes
Lemon Drop Cupcakes

Color Corner: Proven Winners Dolce™ Key Lime Pie Heuchera
If you've ever grown heuchera you know that sometimes good foliage is about all these plants have to offer. Which is important, but spectacular foliage plus attractive blooms is a combination that can't be passed up. Such is the case with 'Dolce™ Key Lime Pie'. The bright chartreuse leaves are what first caught my eye and then I discovered that this heuchera is also very floriferous. Hefty spires of tiny peach bells are produced in spring and again in late summer. It's a great plant to combine with dark burgundy and salmon. Perennial, Full Sun to Partial Shade to Shade, Mounding Zones 5 - 11

People and Places
Rev. Susan Sims Smith, Arkansas House of Prayer – Susan walks us through the Arkansas House of Prayer where the landscape is a useful tool in encouraging personal reflection and meditation.
Gary Hoffman, San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum – Gary takes us on a tour of the succulent gardens at the San Francisco Botanical Garden.  A succulent is any plant that has evolved into containing water for itself.
James Messina, Messina Wildlife Management – James visits the Garden Home Retreat to show how his company’s deer repellent ribbon can help keep these woodland creatures out of the vegetable garden.
Christy Milligan, Cupcakes on Kavanaugh, Little Rock Arkansas – Christy demonstrates how to add fresh strawberries or lemon to your cupcakes.
Sharon Mosley, Master Gardener – Sharon describes how her garden’s design was dictated by the 100 year old trees in the neighborhood.  Shade loving perennials, shrubs and ground covers create a “no mow” yard.

Feature Plants:
Mexican Hawthorn, Crataegus pubescens
Proven Winners Crassula 'Princess Pine'
Echeveria