Source Guide 158
Spring Gems / Dramatic Pond Makeover
Springs Gems for shady spots: A woodland garden with Dr. Allan Armitage; A dramatic pond makeover; Dave's Favs: Nemesia, Verbascum; Snapping Turtles
Spring Gems for Shady Spots: A woodland garden with Dr. Allan Armitage.
Athens, Georgia in spring means azaleas, dogwoods and spring perennials in the private garden of world-class plant guru, Dr. Allan Armitage. Armitage is a leading expert on perennial plants and evaluates thousands of new introductions at the University of Georgia Athens. We were lucky enough to follow him around the garden and hear the stories behind each plant he grows.
To learn more about woodland and sun loving perennials, check out some of Armitage's books available from Timber Press, www.timberpress.com.
Armitage's Native Plants for North American Gardens, 2006
Armitage's Garden Annuals, A color encyclopedia, 2004
Specialty Cut Flowers, 2003
Legends in the Garden, who in the world is Nellie Stevens?, Linda Copeland with Allan Armitage, 2002
Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials, 2001
Armitage's Garden Perennials, a color encyclopedia, 2000
Some of the images seen today are used with permission by Armitage Images, a resource for royalty-free horticultural images. Dr. Armitage also offers some of the above titles with personalized messages when purchased through Armitage Images.
www.armitageimages.net
A Dramatic Water Garden makeover
Dave was thrilled to have Ed Beaulieu of Aquascape, Inc. and Christopher Bell of Alliance Land and WaterScapes remake his humdrum garden pond. The result is a spectacular water feature complete with running stream and gushing cascades. The new water feature incorporates nighttime lighting, fish habitat, ecological filters and a custom palette of stone and gravel to create an easy care, natural looking water garden that will give years of beauty and enjoyment.
Dave linked the water to the garden with a carefully chosen palette of easy care plants such as Flower Carpet Roses and creeping Mahonia.
To learn more about the fun of water gardening, check out the North American Water Garden Society.
NAWGS is an organization dedicated to the enjoyment, education, promotion, and protection of the water garden hobby. We are all about getting the word out on how wonderful this hobby is, and 110% dedicated to supporting all pond hobbyists, no matter what type of water feature they have.
North American Water Garden Society
www.nawgs.com
Water Feature Design by:
Aquascape, Inc.
www.AquaScapeInc.com
Constructed by:
Alliance Land and WaterScapes
2173 San Miguel Canyon Rd.
Prunedale, CA 93907
1-888-MY-USA-POND
www.AllianceWaterScapes.com
Rock and gravel used for this project provided by:
Graniterock, Monterey Peninsula Concrete and Building Supplies
1755 Del Monte Blvd.
Seaside, CA 93955
831-392-3700
www.GraniteRock.com
Dave's Favs
Plants seen on today's show are available at independent garden retailers throughout the country and from select sources listed below:
Nemesia 'Sunsatia Peach'
Proven Winners
To learn more about quality proven Winners plants or find a Proven Winners retailer in your area,
please visit www.provenwinners.com
Our specimens courtesy of Valley Hills Nursery
Valley Hills Nursery
7440 Carmel Valley Rd.
Carmel Valley
831-624-3442
Verbascum 'Arctic Summer'
Annie's Annuals
740 Market Ave.
Richmond, CA
510-215-1681
www.anniesannuals.com
Additional plants seen today courtesy of Monrovia Growers
Please visit the Monrovia website for a list of retailer garden centers that offer fine handcrafted Monrovia plants.
Additional information sources for today's show were provided by Pacific Horticulture.
Pacific Horticulture brings the best of West Coast gardening to readers quarterly.
Learn more and subscribe at
www.PacificHorticulture.org
Dave's Levi Brand Denim Shirt courtesy of Heritage House
www.BoysSuits.com
Dave's Big Sur Jade Maori Punamu Necklace by Justis Daniels.
Available at Big Sur Local Color Gallery,
www.bigsurlocalcolor.com
