Garden Tips: Plant & Gardening Resources
YNN Out in the Garden Segments
 Time-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
Central Texas Gardener
 KLRU'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.
Travis County Master Gardeners
The Travis County Master Gardeners provide educational workshops and informative publications.
Grow Green
Descriptions 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
Texas Gardener
Texas Gardener monthly magazine
The magazine for Texas gardeners, by Texas gardeners
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www.texasgardener.com
The Great Outdoors
Sign up for free monthly newsletter www.gonursery.com
Featured Local Plant sources
The Natural Gardener
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