Into the Garden With Leslie

Into The Garden With Leslie

Into The Garden With Leslie

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Saturday, May 29, 202105/29/2021

Into the Garden with Leslie Week 15

This is the Doug Tallamy/Oak Tree/Native Plants episode, inspired by the Piedmont Master Gardeners hosting him for June 3 webinar at 7:00.

Saturday, May 22, 202105/22/2021

Into the Garden with Leslie Week 14

Sister Sue Ann is back to talk about container plantings, Plant of the Week is an entire type of plants– ones we love at this time of year. And The Play List includes what to do in your garden this week, all while listening to a fairly ridiculous Burl Ives Disney tune.

Saturday, May 15, 202105/15/2021

Into The garden with Leslie Week 13

It’s the Vegetable Show! Plant of the Week is the Okra, and the interview is with the veg gardener extraordinaire at Pippen Hill.

Saturday, May 8, 202105/08/2021

Into The Garden with Leslie Week 12

Plant of the week is the native azalea called Pinxter, interview is with ME. Susan asks me some questions about my garden that began as problems and ended up as good design features. On The Play List I discuss entomologist Doug Tallamy’s latest book The Nature of Oaks.

Saturday, May 1, 202105/01/2021

Into the Garden with Leslie Week 11 050121

Nepotism abounds with an interview with excellent sister and gardener Sue Ann Kane. Plant of the Week is the Chionanthus virginicus, and The Play List.

Saturday, April 24, 202104/24/2021

Into the Garden with Leslie #10

Plant of the Week is Camassia, an interview about how to deal with invasive plants on your property with founders of the Blue Ridge Partnership for Invasive Species Management Rod and Maggie Walker, and The Play List includes what to do in your garden right now and what to listen to.

Saturday, April 17, 202104/17/2021

 Into the Garden with Leslie Week 9

It’s the Boxwood Show! Boxwood is the Plant of the Week, and Michael Abbott of Bartlett Trees tells us all about the Blight– how to ID, how to treat, how to avoid. The Play List includes what to do in your garden right now, and that includes tips on Boxwood pruning!

Saturday, April 10, 202104/10/2021

Into the Garden with Leslie Week 8

Plant of the Week is the Tulip Poplar; interview with certified arborist Jason LaRose of Queen City Silviculture; The PlayList includes what to do in your garden this week and a great source of hours of spring-inspired music on YouTube channel Halidon.

Thursday, April 1, 202104/01/2021

INTO THE GARDEN WITH LESLIE #7 040321

Leslie Harris’ Plant of the Week is the Twin Leaf or Jeffersonia diphylla; interview with Curator of Plants at Monticello Peggy Cornett; The Play List includes what to do in your garden this week and what Jefferson would have listened to?

Saturday, March 27, 202103/27/2021

INTO THE GARDEN WITH LESLIE WEEK 6

Horticulturist Kelly D. Norris about his latest book New Naturalism.

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