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All About Peonies Video

Learn about the various types of herbaceous peonies that you can grow including information on diseases, ants on the peony flowers, dividing and moving peonies, supporting the heavy blossoms and the seed pods.   Learn more about peonies here.

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Meet Charlie

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Bio Charlie Nardozzi is a nationally recognized garden writer, speaker, radio, and television personality. He has worked for more than 20 years bringing expert gardening information to home gardeners through radio, television, talks, on-line, and the printed page. Charlie delights in making gardening information simple, easy, fun and accessible to everyone. His energy, exuberance, and love of the natural world also make him an exciting public speaker and presenter. He has spoken at national venues such as the Northwest Flower Show,...

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Garden and Cultural Tour of Puglia, Italy

Garden & Cultural Tour of Puglia September 9 to 18, 2023 with host Charlie Nardozzi WAITING LIST ONLY!   Departure Day: Sep 9, 2023 DAY 1 – Sun, Sep. 10 | Arrival at Bari Airport: Bari Vecchia/Lecce  Upon arrival we’ll meet Charlie Nardozzi and our Italian tour host and transfer to Bari Vecchia. Here we will enjoy lunch and a demonstration of how to make traditional orecchiette, a quintessential handmade pasta with a round and concave shape. Afterward, we’ll travel to Lecce and check into our hotel. Dinner this evening will be at...

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Garden Coaching and Consulting

Garden Coaching and Consulting   What's a Garden Coach? A coach is a cross between a consultant, designer, and a landscaper. A designer will give you ideas and plans, but won't do the work. A landscaper will come in and do the work, but won't teach you how. A coach is the best of both worlds. I'll come in and offer design and plant selection ideas and maintenance tips. Then I'll come back and actually work with you to perform some of the tasks. A garden coach is for those gardeners who want to do their own gardening and landscaping,...

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Garden Tour of Ireland 2023

Gardens of Ireland with Charlie Nardozzi   June 2 - 11, 2023   DEPARTURE DAY:  Friday, June 2, 2023   Departure from the USA. Day 1 - Saturday, June 3, 2023: DUBLIN   Morning arrival at Dublin Airport. After clearing customs, you’ll meet your driver guide and garden host Charlie Nardozzi and board your motorcoach.  Upon arrival we’ll enjoy a hearty Irish breakfast at a local restaurant.  Afterward we’ll visit Kinsealy Cottage Garden, a small private garden that’s been in the Walsh family for six generations.  At the entrance of the...

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Herb Videos

Harvesting Herbs

Learn all about harvesting herbs, such as oregano, thyme, parsley and rosemary for fresh eating and drying. Also, learn about the best way to harvest basil so you continue to get large leaves throughout the season. Learn more about herb growing here.  

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HouseplantsPerennialsPodcast

How To Grow : Clean Air Houseplants

Learn how to grow common houseplants indoors as a way to clean your air. Listen to podcast: I recently heard a story about NASA sending basil and turnip seeds to the moon in grow chambers to see how they will germinate in that gravity-less, high radiation environment. It prompted me to remember the now famous research NASA also did on house plants. When looking at long term stays on the space station, one of the challenges was to produce clean air for astronauts to breathe. We all know plants are the reason we're alive today for their...

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How to Grow: African Violet

Sun Requirements Bright indirect light is best. They also grow well under grow lights. Bloom Period and Seasonal Color African violets bloom on and off all season long especially if grown under lights Mature Height x Spread 4 to 16 inches tall and wide, depending on the variety. Some miniatures are literally only a few inches tall. African violets are a forever popular plant that delight growers with their diversity of flower colors and shapes. Although they are native to Africa and grow outdoors there in the mountains, they are threatened...

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