Triangle Gardener

National Pollinator Awareness week is June 20-26. In this episode we meet some people who are working to expand pollinator habitat and forage

Bev Hurley reveals some of her favorite gardening gear for watering her garden.

June 20-26 is National Pollinator Week and while honeybees get a lot of attention, Debbie Hamrick of the NC Farm Bureau champions native bees.

National Pollinator Awareness week is June 20-26, 2016. Lise Jenkins shares her family’s beekeeping history and visits the Bayer Bee Care Center.

Adding native plants to your garden can help birds survive and raise their young. Find out why Audubon NC is connecting gardeners with native plant growers.

Green grass can be a thing of beauty but it also means time, resources, and sometimes a lot of work. Charles Murphy explores some strategies for having that ideal lawn here in the Carolinas.

The River Birch, a native tree, is an interesting addition to your landscape. Its unique appearance makes it a focal point in your garden’s design.

Top plant breeder, Dr. Denny Werner of NC State University, explains why patenting and trademarking plants helps spur horticultural innovation. His 30-year research with redbud trees has resulted in exciting introductions to the marketplace.

On April 7-10th the North Carolina Museum of Art will host Art in Bloom. This event brings together floral designers from around our region to interpret the masterworks from the museum’s collection. There are lectures, master classes, workshops, and events the whole family can enjoy. Lise Jenkins gets a behind-the-scenes tour and talks with one of the speakers about the intersection of art and flowers. #NCMAbloom

In our part of North Carolina you find old tobacco barns on the edge of just about any old field. Their design tells a story about our past. Dan Mason explains the architecture of these barns as we tour the tobacco barn in the Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden at Duke Gardens in Durham, NC.