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YNN Out in the Garden Segments

YNN Out in the Garden SegmentsTime-Warner Cable's 24-Hour news channel, YNN (Your News Now), features Out in the Garden segments each Saturday. Donna Friedenreich, President of the Austin Area Garden Council, has been hosting these segments since July 2010.

If you are a TW Cable subscriber, you can watch the segments on Saturday (Channel 8 or 1508); they run 6 times, starting at 8:25 a.m. and every 3 hours through 11:25 p.m. Or, you can watch the segments on TW-On Demand (Channel 1408), link to "Living" and then to "Out in the Garden". You can also watch the segments at www.ynn.com, link to "Living" and then to "Out in the Garden".

During 2011, Donna has hosted a variety of segments that focus on…

  • waterwise gardening
  • understanding aquifers (Austin Underground & Edwards Aquifer)
  • creating drought-resistant gardens
  • roses (planting, pruning, site and soil selection)
  • native and adapted plants & landscape templates (Grow Green Program)
  • mosaic garden art
  • fall vegetable gardening
  • Austin Pond Society Tour & Travis County Master Gardeners' Tour
  • Planting Succulent Containers

Grow Green
Grow Green guideDescriptions of native and adapted plants are included in the City of Austin’s Grow Green informative guide, Native and Adapted Landscape Plants: an earthwise guide for Central Texas (4th Edition, 2009).  This publication is available at local nurseries and at the Garden Center at Zilker Botanical Garden.  You can also download the guide at www.growgreen.org

Travis County Master Gardeners
The Travis County Master Gardeners provide educational workshops and informative publications.

Central Texas Gardener

CTG blogKLRU's weekly show, Central Texas Gardener, showcases exquisite Central Texas gardens, and hosts local gardening experts. Check out the Central Texas Gardener blog for more gardening info.

The Great Outdoors
Sign up for free monthly newsletter www.gonursery.comTexas Gardener magazine

Texas Gardener magazineTexas Gardener monthly magazine
The magazine for Texas gardeners, by Texas gardeners
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www.texasgardener.com

Roses are so delicious and nutritious that they attract many animals like rabbits and deer.....Read Mike Sharp's article about a solution to keep the deer from destroying your roses in Neil Sperry's GARDENS e-gardens@sperrygardens.com Dave's Garden is a favorite of many gardeners. A great resource for all gardeners. Check out the website. www.davesgarden.com
   
Featured Local Plant sources

The Natural Gardener

Natural Gardener

It's About Thyme...and so much more!

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