GARDEN MEDIA RESOURCES
You won’t run out of garden inspiration with this extensive list of GARDEN MEDIA RESOURCES. Here are my favorite garden media resources, highlighting blogs, garden magazines, podcasts, radio and tv shows, and webinars worth checking out.
BLOGS–
Are the perfect way to peek into other gardener’s gardens and read about their trials, tribulations and unexpected surprises. It’s also a wonderful chance for growing garden friends.
—Local Memphis Blogs
- Memphis Area Master Gardeners Association –
- Memphis Backyard Farmer– last updated 2014, useful info on urban farming
- Flora Memphis — Stephanie & Chris Cosby
- Mid-South Gardening-Gardening in USDA Zones 6,7,& 8–Jim Crowder
—National Blogs
When it’s too hot, cold, or wet to garden, curl up in a cozy chair, and escape to other gardens around the world.
- Art of Gardening- This is what started our own Garden Walk. Jim Charlier focuses on the Buffalo Garden Walk and all the great gardens he travels to.
- Between Garden and Garden – Italian home/garden blog-translate
- Bloomtown- Darcy Daniels creates amazing plant combinations and then gives you the recipe so you can recreate them yourself.
- Clay and Limestone- TN garden blogger, Gail Eichelberger
- Danger Garden- Inspiring, edgy gardens
- Diana’s Designs — Austin, TX
- Digging- Beautiful gardens In Austin and beyond
- Dirt Simple- I learned so much studying Deborah Silver’s photos while reading all the posts under Garden Design
- Down2Earth Landscape Designs – Love reading Joanne Shaw’s thought process for designing thoughtful, small urban gardens, helpful plans + photos.
- enclos*ure — vintage garden photographs
- Fine Foliage- Beautiful container + plant combinations that beg to be replicated
- Form and Foliage- Design focused with gorgeous pictures
- Fred Gonsowski Garden Home — garden designer
- Garden Bloggers’ Fling — garden blogger meetups
- Garden Design Exposed — DIY garden design
- Garden Design for Living – fabulous blog on explaining garden design
- Garden Design Online – this blog covers it all and more
- Garden Designers Roundtable — multiple garden designers talk specific topics
- Garden Designs Magazine – Fabulous articles, videos, and garden eye candy to inspire!
- Gardenista — gardening inspiration
- The Gateway Gardener – Extensive, informative blog out of St. Louis.
- Harmony in the Garden — Northern CA
- Hayefield — Pennsylvania
- Homeworkshop.com–designers share tips on decorating, see garden ideas
- Julie Moir Messervy – Her books, “Outside the Not S Big House” and “Home Outside” really break down garden design principles for the novice quite nicely.
- Kiss My Aster – Amanda Thomsen, very funny and practical ideas
- Lasting Landscapes by Carol
- Lush Gardens– A garden design blog in story form, very enjoyable to read!
- Northcoast Gardening – check out the design pages
- Not Another Gardening Blog- This blog covers it all: detailed explanations and pictures of design for the novice
- Paper Garden Workshop- Lisa Orgler, a Landscape Designer, who makes garden design accessible to everyone. Love the graphics.
- Pith + Vigor — gardening inspiration
- Plants Plus People-Memphis Blog, Chris Cosby, horticulturist and Native Plant Expert
- Serenity in the Garden — New York
- Site + Insight — Quebec
- Sunset Garden — Western USA
- Susan Cohan Gardens — New Jersey
- Tara Dillard- Sweet and succinct
- Thinking Outside the Boxwood — Ohio
- Thomas Rainer-Grounded Design -How to marry Native Plants with Great Design
MAGAZINES–
Nothing better than looking at the latest garden trends and images to become inspired.
—Local
Expert advice about growing in zone 7b.
- Dan West online newsletters — extensive list of garden articles through 2015
- Edible Memphis quarterly magazine, Edible Memphis (FB)
- Garden articles written by Dr. Chris Cooper — Master Gardener Program UT Extension Agent
- Memphis Botanic Garden “Vine Line” — monthly newsletter
—State, National, International
Discover new tips and trends from other parts of the world.
- List of World Gardening magazine content available free
- ABC Organic Gardener
- Amateur Gardening Magazine, Amateur Garden Magazine — (FB), British,
- American Gardener Magazine
- BBC Gardeners World Magazine, BBC Gardeners World Magazine — (FB), British
- Better Homes and Gardening
- Birds and Blooms Magazine, —(FB-Birds and Blooms)
- Canadian Living
- Country Gardens Magazine — (FB)
- The English Garden Magazine — (FB), British
- Farmers Almanac
- Fine Gardening Magazine — (FB)
- Flower Magazine
- Garden and Gun
- Garden Culture Magazine — (FB)
- Garden Design Magazine, (FB Garden Design)
- Garden Gate Magazine– (FB-Garden Gate Magazine)
- Garden Inspiration – online
- Gardening Australia Magazine — (FB)
- Gardens Illustrated Magazine — (FB Gardens Illustrated)
- Herb Quarterly Magazine — (FB Herb Quarterly)
- Hobby Farms Magazine — (FB)
- Horticulture Magazine — (FB)
- House and Garden (UK)
- Ideal Home and Gardens
- LandScape Magazine — (FB)
- Lawn + Gardener Retailer Magazine
- Mein Schoner Garten Magazine — (FB), German
- Midwest Living
- Mother Earth News — (FB)
- Nashville House and Garden Magazine — (FB)
- Rodale’s Organic Life Magazine — (FB) . Rodale’s Organic Life–You Tube
- SA Garden + Home Magazine — (FB)
- Southern Living
- Sunset Magazine– (FB-Sunset Magazine)
- TN Federation of Garden Clubs -Volunteer Gardener
- Tennessee Gardener Magazine — (FB)
- TN Home and Farm Magazine
- Vegetable Gardener — (FB)
MISCELLANEOUS
- Local Extension Offices for Publications and hotlines for questions
- Shelby County Extension Office, Master Gardener Hotlne 901-752-1207
- Tennessee Extension Office — publications
- Arkansas Extension Office ––
- Mississippi Extension Office –
MOVIES + DOCUMENTARIES + TALKS
Sometimes a garden themed movie or documentary is the perfect antidote for a stressful day.
Many of these can be found on Amazon Prime, Netflix, IMBd, or Youtube. Also check out: https://www.filmsforaction.org which has over 9500+ films, documentaries, and short videos.
- A little Chaos
- A Man Named Pearl (D) . Pearl Frayar Website
- A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (D)
- An Invitation for Wilderness
- Art of the Garden, Dan Pierson: The Garden as Vision (T)
- Back to Eden (D)
- Building the Blue Garden (D)- (32min)
- Celia Thaxter’s Island Garden (D), Celia Thaxter website
- Dare to Be Wild
- Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden (D)_
- Edward Scissorhands
- Enchanted April
- Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf
- Gardening with Soul (D)- (IMBd-free membership)
- Gardens of the National Trust (d eposodes)
- Greenfingers
- Keukenhof Gardens and the Dutch Flower Parade (D)- (51 Min)
- Landscapes of Longevity (D)-
- Living With the Land (D)
- Magic of Mushrooms (D)
- Plant this Movie (D)
- Portrait of a Garden (D)
- Possum Living (D)
- Ruth Stout’s Garden (D)
- Secret Gardens of England (D)
- Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (D)- short clip of it
- The Botany of Desire (D)- Michael Pallen
- The Creeping Garden (D)-
- The Garden (D) –
- The Gardener (D)-
- The Queen’s Garden (D) –
- The Secret Garden – (IMBd-free membership)
- The Secret History of the British Garden – Monty Don (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3), (Part 4)
- The Well-Placed Weed: The Bountiful Life of Ryan Gainey (D)
- The Well-Placed Weed: The Bountiful Life of Ryan Gainey
- This Beautiful Fantastic
- Tulipmania (D)
- Women in the Dirt: Landscape Architects Shaping Our World (D)- (IMBd-free membership)
PODCASTS–
Perfect for listening to while you weed or those long drives home.
- A Way to Garden — Margaret Roach
- Cultivate Simple — Suzy + Brian Chiots
- Gardens Illustrated
- Gestalt Gardener — Felder Rushing
- Joe Gardener — Joe Lamp’l
- Melinda Myers
- Mike Nowak Show-Chicago show
- Plantrama — Ellen Zachos + C.L. Fornari
- Radio Garden
- Real Dirt — Ken Druse
- Real World Gardener
- SodShow — John Bevan
- Still Growing — Jennifer Ebeling
- We Dig Plants
- You Bet Your Garden — Mike McGrath
RADIO–
Local Memphis Garden Shows
- At the Garden — Sat. 10-11am, KWAM 990AM, Mike Allen and Lauren Squires Ready discuss the programs and activities at the Memphis Botanic Garden
- Mid-South Gardening — Sat. 6-8am, Hosts Jim Crowder, Vador Vance, and Kenneth Mabry, 990AM or 107.9 FM, live program takes call in questions at 901-260-5926. Listen to past episodes at www.mighty990.com/mid-south-gardening/
TV + VIDEOS + WEBINARS-
Many can be found on Youtube, vimeo, Amazon Prime, and Netflix.
—Local
- Family Plot TV Show –Dr. Chris Cooper, WKNO Ch. 10, Sat-3pm, WKNO2=Thurs 11 am, Sat. 2 pm. View past episodes at http://www.familyplotgarden.com
- Nature of Conservation Show, Judith Rutschman–schedule
- Volunteer Gardener TV Show –past episodes available online
- Whats Growing On — Hosted by extension officer, Booker Leigh, Library Channel WYPL, airs various times throughout the month.
—National + International
- A Gardener’s Diary– (USA, HGTV)
- All Gardens Great and Small – (UK, 2017)
- Around the Farmer’s Table -Wisconsin show-gardening, farming, cooking
- Around the World in 80 Gardens -(UK, 2008)- Monty Don
- Australia’s Best Backyards – (
- Australia By Design: Landscapes and Gardens – (Australia)
- Backyard Blitz – (2000-2009)
- Backyard Envy – (USA, 2019) $1.99
- Bees, Butterflies, and Blooms (PT1), (PT2), (PT3) – (UK)
- Backyard Builds – (USA)
- Battlefronts – (Australia, 2008)
- Big Dreams, Small Spaces – (UK, Monty Don)
- Britain’s Best Gardens – (UK, Alan Titchmarsh)
- British Wild Gardens – (UK, Mike Dilger)
- Burke’s Backyard – (Australia)
- Central Texas Gardener –many great videos applicable to Memphis
- Chelsea Flower Show – (UK)
- COMMUNITY BY DESIGN: THE OLMSTED FIRM AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS
- Cooking with Stories – interviews/videos
- DESIGNING IN THE PRAIRIE SPIRIT: A CONVERSATION WITH DARREL MORRISON
- Designing Women: The Work of Ellen Shipman and Beatrix Farrand
- Desperate Landscapes – (USA, since 2007)
- Costa’s Garden Odyssey – (Australia, 2009-2011)
- Curb Appeal – (
- Dig This – (New Zealand,1975-1986 )
- Edenmakers – (USA, Shirley Bovshow)
- Edible Garden – (
- Extra Yardage – (USA,
- Fix This Yard – (USA, 2010)
- Fletcher Steele and NAUMKEAG: A PLAYGROUND OF THE IMAGINATION
- From Martha’s Garden – (USA, since 2002, Martha Stewart)
- Garden Answer- succulents, containers, and much more
- Garden Architecture – (USA)
- Garden Guy – (UK, Paul James)
- Garden Landscape Design with John Brookes
- Garden Makers – (UK, 2004-2006), (IMBd-free membership)
- Garden Naturally _ (USA, Elliot Coleman)
- Garden Rescue – (UK)
- Garden Smart – (USA, since 2001)
- Garden Time Tv – (USA, Pacific Northwest, ) . http://www.gardentime.tv/video.htm
- Garden Travels – (USA, Dave Egbert)
- Gardening Australia
- Gardener’s World – (UK, since 1968)
- Gardening Australia – (Australia, since 1989) (IMBd-free membership)
- Gardening by the Yard – (1996-2009-HGTV) (IMBd-free membership)
- Gardens of the National Trust (D)
- Get Growing – (New Zealand, 2014-2015)
- Glorious Gardens from Up Above – (UK, since 2014) (IMBd-free membership)
- Going Yard – (USA, HGTV)
- Good Gardening Videos –extensive collection
- Great British Garden Revival – (UK, 2013-2015)
- Great British Gardens: Season by Season – (UK, since 2019, Carol Klein)
- Greatest Gardens – (Ireland)
- Green Thumb – (USA)
- Ground Force – (UK, 1997-2005) (IMBd-free membership)
- Grounds for Improvement – (
- Grow Your Own Veg! – (UK, Carol Klein)
- Growing a Greener World – (USA, since 2010)
- Guerrilla Gardeners – (Australia, )
- House and Home – (USA)
- How to Be a Gardener (UK- Alan Titchmarsh)
- How to Create a Garden – (
- I Hate My Yard – (USA, since 2013)
- Indoors Out – (USA)
- In the Garden – (USA, Bryce Lane) . https://video.unctv.org/show/garden/
- Joe Gardener – short videos on many gardening topics
- Landscape Smart – (USA, 2000)
- Landscaping Southwest TV – (USA)
- Lawn and Order – (USA, Michigan)
- Library of American Landscape History –films, + more
- Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein – (UK, since 2011)
- Life in Bloom – (USA, J. Schwanke)
- Lisa Orgler – How to Create a Theme Garden, Pt. 1 (video)
- Lisa Orgler _ How to Create a Theme Garden, Pt. 2 (video)
- Lisa Orgler – The Pop-Up Garden (video)
- Love Your Garden– (UK, since 2011, Alan Titchmarsh)
- Making it Grow – Mrs. Whaley’s Garden
- Martha Stewart Gardening – (USA)
- Monty Don
- Monty Don’s French Gardens – (France, since 2013)
- Monty Don’s Italian Gardens – (Italy, since 2011)
- Mucking In – (UK, )
- My Favorite Garden – (
- My Garden School
- One Garden, Two Looks – ( since, ) (IMBd-free membership)
- P. Allen Smith Garden Home – (UK, Arkansas,
- P. Allen Smith Garden Style – (USA, Arkansas,
- P. Allen Smith Garden to Table – (US, Arkansas, 2011-2013), episodes not together
- Prairie Yard and Garden (USA, Upper Midwest, since 1996)
- Real Gardens – (
- Rebecca’s Garden – (USA, since 2003)
- Recreating Eden – (Canada, 2002-2008), (IMBd-free membership)
- Rhythm and Blooms – (USA)
- Rose: Queen of Flowers – (D)
- RUTH SHELLHORN: MIDCENTURY LANDSCAPE DESIGN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (D)
- The A to Z of TV Gardening – (UK, 20013)
- The Autistic Gardener – (UK, since 2015)
- The Beechgrove Garden – (UK, since 1968)
- THE BEST PLANNED CITY IN THE WORLD: OLMSTED, VAUX, AND THE BUFFALO PARK SYSTEM
- The Big Allotment Challenge – (UK, 2014-2015)
- The Carefree Gardener – (Phoenix, AZ)
- The City Gardener – (UK, since 2003)
- The Garden Gurus – (Australia, since 2002)
- Grand Designs – (UK)
- The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge (UK)-
- The Great Garden Makeover – (UK, )
- The Great Gardening Challenge – (UK)
- The Instant Gardener – (
- theleanfarmschool.com –check out webinars and pdf’s
- The Rusted Garden – ((Vegetable gardening)
- The Secret History of the British Garden – (UK- Monty Don) (Pt1), (Pt2). (PT3), (PT4)
- The Victorian Flower Garden – (UK,
- The Victorian Kitchen Garden – (UK, 1987)
- The Victory Garden – (USA, 1975-2015)
- Things Green – (USA)
- Urban Conversion – (USA)
- Urban Outsiders – (California, )
- Vasili’s Garden – (Australia, since 2002)
- Victory Garden’s EdibleFEAST – (USA,
- Volunteer Gardener – (USA, TN,
- Yard Crashers – (USA, HGTV)
- Zingtrain – webinars, articles