Source Guide 161
Water Lilies / Honey
Living Jewels of the Pond Garden: Water Lilies at Denver Botanic Garden; The sweet taste of the garden: harvesting Honey with Helen Marshall; Dave’s Favs: Verbena, Oenothera.
Living Jewels of the Pond Garden: Water Lilies at Denver Botanic Garden.
Will Jones took Dave to see the huge collection of water lilies grown by the
Denver Botanic Garden in Denver, CO. The garden displays these hardy and tropical aquatic perennials in their water gardens that wind through every part of the 23-acre urban garden. Water lilies are very easy to grow in full sun in still water. They can even be grown in water filled containers on your patio or balcony!
You can view the collection of water plants at Denver Botanic Garden from May through October with your admission to the garden.
Denver Botanic Garden
1005 York St.
Denver, CO 80206
www.botanicgardens.org
For water lily plants and pond garden supplies including the new ‘Pink Ribbons’ water lily to support the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation please visit:
Lilypons Water Gardens
6800 Lily Pons Rd.
Adamstown, MD 21710
800-999-5459
www.lilypons.com
The sweet taste of the garden: harvesting Honey with Helene Marshall
Helene Marshall took Dave around to see how she gathers and bottles unique natural organic honeys at Marshall’s Farm Natural Honey. Each golden jar of honey is carefully extracted to retain all of the rich healthful benefits of collecting small batches of honey from such varied sources as orange groves to wildflower meadows to lavender fields.
With expert beekeeper husband, Spencer, Helene sells honey in select gourmet markets, farmers markets, The Ferry Building Market in San Francisco plus online.
Want to see more? Ask about special tours of Flying Bee Ranch, the home of Spencer and Helene in American Canyon, the gateway to the beautiful Napa Valley wine region.
Marshall’s Farm Natural Honey
159 Lombard Rd.
American Canyon, CA 94503
800-624-4637
www.marshallshoney.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:
Verbena ‘Homestead Purple’
Oenothera speciosa ‘Siskiyou’
Bluestone Perennials
7211 Middle Ridge Rd.
Madison, OH 44057
800-852-5243
www.bluestoneperennials.com
Our specimens courtesy of
Sierra Azul Nursery and Gardens
2660 East Lake Ave
Watsonville, CA 95076
831-763-0939
www.sierraazul.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.
Mt. Rainier Greenhouse by Sunshine Garden House
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
Mute swans filmed at Historic Bok Sanctuary, Lake Wales, FL
www.boksanctuary.org
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
