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TV Episodes
Growing A Greener World is currently in production for Season Eight and you can see them listed below as they are released. You can also scroll through all previous seasons below (in the order they were released) or you can view previous seasons with the links below.
Episode 812 – The Spark in Sparta
About an hour and a half southeast of Atlanta, you’ll find the tiny town of Sparta. It’s located in Hancock County, which was the most populous county in Georgia in […]
Episode 811 – The Compost Pedallers
The Compost Pedallers, an eco-minded startup in Austin, TX is on a mission to lighten the city’s environmental footprint while reducing waste going into landfills. Many urban and suburban homeowners know […]
Episode 810 – The Private Garden of a Public Gardener
Who hasn’t wanted a behind-the-scenes looking into the private garden of a public gardener? Bringing your work home with you can actually be a very good thing… when both your […]
Episode 809 – In Susan’s Garden
This episode 809 just scratches the surface of just a few days out of an always busy year In Susan’s Garden. As we were preparing for this current season and […]
Episode 808 – The Green Bronx Machine
In the years of creating episodes for our national television series, Growing a Greener World on PBS, we’ve had the privilege of meeting and featuring some of the world’s most […]
Episode 807 – Hope For Heroes
Spend any amount of time talking to farmers, and you’re sure to hear some inspiring stories: people working with their hands… people working with nature… people working for better communities. […]
Episode 806 – Gardening in the Desert Southwest
This episode about gardening in the desert southwest came about thanks to many viewers requesting we cover such a topic on our show. While we do travel the country to share […]
Episode 805 – Redeeming Your Ground
Redeeming your ground. It’s an interesting concept. And one we’ve all likely consciously or subconsciously thought about at least once. Taking back an untamed space and making it your own. […]
Episode 804 – Gardening for Butterflies & Other Beneficial Insects
Gardening for butterflies and other pollinators was one of the most common responses In a survey Growing a Greener World sent out to our email subscribers, as one of their […]
Episode 803 – Epic Tomatoes With Craig LeHoullier
This episode, Epic Tomatoes was inspired by Craig LeHoullier’s book Epic Tomatoes: How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time. For anyone who loves growing heirloom tomatoes, […]
Episode 802 – A Year in the Life of the Garden Farm; Part II
In this episode, we pick up where we left off in part I. In episode 802 – It’s all about the fall garden today at the Garden Farm. Here in […]
Season Premier! Episode 801 – A Year in the Life of the Garden Farm; Part I
This day has been a long time coming. About eight years actually. You see, Growing a Greener World® is mainly a gardening show. Yet for the past seven years, each […]
726 – The Down and Dirty on Healthy Soil and Compost
The foundation of any healthy garden starts with the soil. In fact, the health of everything above ground starts with what’s below it. To get a better understanding on the […]
725 – Growing Farmers to Fight Global Hunger
Most of us have never experienced true hunger. Yet for much of the world, the assurance of a next meal can be anything but certain. Fortunately, many are working to […]
724 – Getting Your Landscape in Shape with a Personal Garden Coach
Just as athletes have trainers, gardeners can have personal coaches to help us confidently achieve the landscape of our dreams. In this episode, we accompany a Seattle-based garden coach to […]
723 – Natural Pest and Disease Control – Greener Solutions to Common Gardening Challenges
Beyond the popular beneficial lady beetle, lies a host of not-so‐well known insects and organic products that are surprisingly efficient at keeping pest populations and plant diseases in check. This […]
722 – The Waterwise Landscape and Garden
With severe water shortages and drought grabbing an ever growing piece of our daily news, it only stands to reason, conserving this precious resource is more important than ever. Gardeners […]
721 – Take the LEED at Phipps Conservatory – The Greenest Conservatory in the World
At the height of our nation’s industrial revolution over 100 years ago, wealthy businessman Henry Phipps built the Phipps Conservatory as a gift to the city of Pittsburg. Today Phipps […]
720 – Talking Trash-Dealing with Plastic Pots, Packaging and more
Each year, millions of plastic plant containers and tons of other horticultural debris never make it to the recycling bin. Instead, they clog our solid waste stream in a growing […]
719 – Growing Up with Living Walls and Vertical Gardens
With the constant expansion of urban sprawl, gardeners and designers are looking up for new ways to add green spaces. As a result, living walls are one of the newest […]
718 – Green Roofs-The Benefits Beyond the Beauty
Green roofs are gaining popularity in commercial and residential design, offering a nearly untapped, limitless space to plants perennials, shrubs, even trees. They also cool the air in and above […]
717 – Native and Invasive Plants & Certified Wildlife Habitats
When overseas travel became possible, exotic plants were common cargo on ships all across the world. Unfortunately, many of those plants proved to be far more aggressive outside of […]
716 – More Ways to Create an Eco-Friendly Landscape at Home
Having an eco-friendly garden is catching on as homeowners strive to create more sustainable outdoor spaces. In this episode, we visit a Florida couple to discuss the sustainability project they […]
715 – Creating an Eco-Friendly Landscape from the Ground Up
Most homeowners understand the value of gardening in an eco‐friendly manner, but many of us need guidance on how to do it properly. Every day, we unwittingly make poor choices […]
714 – Red, White, and GREEN: America’s Earth-Friendly Vineyard
Producing wines that are as good for the earth as they are on the palate is a proposition far too risky for most wineries. But not for Fetzer Vineyards—one of […]
713 – Growing Healthy Foods and Sustainable Communities
The modern farmer often bears no resemblance to the old stereotype. Many young farmers today are growing much more than just healthy crops. They’re thinking outside the plot to raise […]
712 – Growing Big Flavors in Small Spaces
The busier we get, the more we seem to seek a time when life wasn’t so fast. A movement toward a simple yet flavorful lifestyle, often associated with the term […]
711 – Community Gardens: Growing So Much More Than Plants
Having an opportunity to participate in a community garden builds a sense of community like nothing else. It provides opportunities for exercise, education, therapy, relaxation and social interaction, along with […]
710 – Saving Seeds for Future Generations: Seed Savers Exchange
Few people realize that less than 10% of all seed varieties commonly grown in 1900 are still with us today. They’re extinct–gone forever, because no one took the time to […]
709 – The Edible Schoolyard: A Class Without Walls and a Love to Learn
In all the years of producing episodes for Growing a Greener World, we’ve observed one theme that always holds true: place a student in a learning environment that includes growing […]
708 – Beyond Veggies: Adding Fruit to Your Food Garden
The natural first step to growing food is usually a small vegetable plot or garden. For many, the desire to expand their palate often finds them considering fruit trees or […]
707 – Know Your Farmer: Supporting Community Agriculture
The next best thing to growing your own fresh produce is to have someone local do it for you. That’s the basis of community supported agriculture co-ops, known as CSAs. […]
706- Beyond Organic Gardening: The Principles of Permaculture
While organic gardening is a great way to work in harmony with nature as we learn to garden and farm without chemicals, permaculture is all that and more. In fact, […]
705 – Dominica: Island Ingenuity in Sustainability
It’s been said that necessity is the mother of invention. And when your resources are limited, you quickly learn to make the most of them, while protecting what you have. […]
704 – The 50-Mile Bouquet: Why Local Matters with Flowers, Too
We’ve all heard the term “sustainably grown.” But have you ever stopped to consider that it can apply to more than food? In fact, the flowers you put on your […]
