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SAVE OUR PLANET… According to Highgrove head gardener Debs Goodenough, His Royal Highness Prince Charles of the United Kingdom’s organic gardening practices include planting certain vegetation in lieu of chemicals as well as his personal counting of rare wild orchids to mark their progress.

Adding mulch to flowers helps hold moisture in the soil, keeps the soil temperature cooler and controls the weeds. Mulch flowers withtips from a professional landscaper in this free video on lawns and gardening. Expert: Bill Elzey Contact: www.showplacelawns.com Bio: Bill Elzey is the owner and manager of Showplace Lawns in Austin, Texas. Filmmaker: Todd Green

When growing aster, make sure that the plants get plenty of full, hot sun and good drainage. Cut half of an aster plant down when the blooms are fading withinstructions from a sustainable gardener in this free video series on flower gardening and plant care. Expert: Yolanda Vanveen Contact: www.vanveenbulbs.com Bio: Yolanda Vanveen is sustainable gardener who lives in Kalama, Wash. Filmmaker: Daron Stetner

Cut flowers come in many shapes and sizes, and almost any plant that blooms can be used as a cut flower. Bring cut flowers to sell to the farmer’s market withhelp from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardening tips. Expert: Yolanda Vanveen Contact: www.vanveenbulbs.com Bio: Yolanda Vanveen is sustainable gardener who lives in Kalama, Wash. Filmmaker: Daron Stetner

Flowers for a hummingbird garden include trumpet-shaped blooms like crocosmias, galtonias, fuschias and mandevillas. Plant flowers for a hummingbird garden with tips from a professional gardener in this free video on gardening. Expert: Yolonda Vanveen Bio: Yolanda Vanveen is a third generation flower grower and sustainable gardener who lives in Kalama, Wash. She is the owner of VanveenBulbs. Filmmaker: Daron Stetner

I wanted to show a quick look round the flower garden on the end of response to Boring Veggie garden, but the whole thing was too long, so here is the flower garden.

Festival of Flowers – Organic Roundtable Part 6 of 11 Presented by dirtdoctor.com Date: Saturday, May 24, 2008 Panelists Bob Webster, KTSA Garden Show Co-owner, Shades of Green Nursery Howard Garrett, Syndicated gardening show host on Salem Radio Network stations throughout the United States, including KLUP in San Antonio. Founder, dirtdoctor.com, Author, Texas Gardening the Natural Way, Organic Vegetable Gardening in Texas, The Texas Bug Book, Texas Herbs and other organic gardening books. Malcolm Beck, Founder, Garden-ville; author of Lessons in Nature; co-author, Texas Organic Vegetable Gardening and The Texas Bug Book, w/ Howard Garrett. Bruce Deuley, Host of Organic Matters on KTSA and KGNB in New Braunfels; host of Living Green on KVHC-TV in Kerville, Author, The Organic Guide to Gardening available at www.natureapproved.net John Dromgoole, host of the Natural Gardener on KLBJ Radio in Austin; founder, Lady Bug Natural Brand; owner, The Natural Gardener Nursery and Garden Center, Austin. Regularly featured on The Central Texas Gardener on KLRN and other Texas PBS stations. Stuart Franke, President of Medina Agriculture Products, maker of Hasta-Gro, Medina Soil Activator, Medina Plus and other products distributed internationally from Hondo, Texas. Respective Websites: Bob Webster www.shadesofgreensa.com Howard Garrett www.dirtdoctor.com Malcolm Beck www.garden-ville.com www.malcolmbeck.com Bruce Deuley www.natureapproved.net John Dromgoole http www.ladybugbrand.com …

Festival of Flowers – Organic Roundtable Part 11 of 11 Presented by dirtdoctor.com Date: Saturday, May 24, 2008 Panelists Bob Webster, KTSA Garden Show Co-owner, Shades of Green Nursery Howard Garrett, Syndicated gardening show host on Salem Radio Network stations throughout the United States, including KLUP in San Antonio. Founder, dirtdoctor.com, Author, Texas Gardening the Natural Way, Organic Vegetable Gardening in Texas, The Texas Bug Book, Texas Herbs and other organic gardening books. Malcolm Beck, Founder, Garden-ville; author of Lessons in Nature; co-author, Texas Organic Vegetable Gardening and The Texas Bug Book, w/ Howard Garrett. Bruce Deuley, Host of Organic Matters on KTSA and KGNB in New Braunfels; host of Living Green on KVHC-TV in Kerville, Author, The Organic Guide to Gardening available at www.natureapproved.net John Dromgoole, host of the Natural Gardener on KLBJ Radio in Austin; founder, Lady Bug Natural Brand; owner, The Natural Gardener Nursery and Garden Center, Austin. Regularly featured on The Central Texas Gardener on KLRN and other Texas PBS stations. Stuart Franke, President of Medina Agriculture Products, maker of Hasta-Gro, Medina Soil Activator, Medina Plus and other products distributed internationally from Hondo, Texas. Respective Websites: Bob Webster www.shadesofgreensa.com Howard Garrett www.dirtdoctor.com Malcolm Beck www.garden-ville.com www.malcolmbeck.com Bruce Deuley www.natureapproved.net John Dromgoole http www.ladybugbrand.com …

Sugar can prolong the life of a cut flower by providing nutrients to the flower since the flower is no longer getting food from the soil. Add sugar to the fresh water for cut flowers with gardening tips from a sustainable gardener in this free video on plant care. Expert: Yolanda Vanveen Contact: www.vanveenbulbs.com Bio: Yolanda Vanveen is sustainable gardener who lives in Kalama, Wash. Filmmaker: Daron Stetner

Festival of Flowers – Organic Roundtable Part 2 of 11 Presented by dirtdoctor.com Date: Saturday, May 24, 2008 Panelists Bob Webster, KTSA Garden Show Co-owner, Shades of Green Nursery Howard Garrett, Syndicated gardening show host on Salem Radio Network stations throughout the United States, including KLUP in San Antonio. Founder, dirtdoctor.com, Author, Texas Gardening the Natural Way, Organic Vegetable Gardening in Texas, The Texas Bug Book, Texas Herbs and other organic gardening books. Malcolm Beck, Founder, Garden-ville; author of Lessons in Nature; co-author, Texas Organic Vegetable Gardening and The Texas Bug Book, w/ Howard Garrett. Bruce Deuley, Host of Organic Matters on KTSA and KGNB in New Braunfels; host of Living Green on KVHC-TV in Kerville, Author, The Organic Guide to Gardening available at www.natureapproved.net John Dromgoole, host of the Natural Gardener on KLBJ Radio in Austin; founder, Lady Bug Natural Brand; owner, The Natural Gardener Nursery and Garden Center, Austin. Regularly featured on The Central Texas Gardener on KLRN and other Texas PBS stations. Stuart Franke, President of Medina Agriculture Products, maker of Hasta-Gro, Medina Soil Activator, Medina Plus and other products distributed internationally from Hondo, Texas. Respective Websites: Bob Webster www.shadesofgreensa.com Howard Garrett www.dirtdoctor.com Malcolm Beck www.garden-ville.com www.malcolmbeck.com Bruce Deuley www.natureapproved.net John Dromgoole http www.ladybugbrand.com …