Growing A Greener World - Episode 10 - Annie's Annuals and Urban Tilth
Episode 10 - Annie's Annuals and Urban Tilth This week finds Joe, Patti and Nathan in Richmond, CA for a behind the scenes visit with Annie Hayes of world-renowned Annie’s Annuals and Perennials. From humble beginnings in her own back yard to two and a half acres of prime San Francisco real estate and a tremendous following, Annie now offers some 3,000 varieties of hard to find and rare heirloom annual and perennial plants preserving them for generations to come.
Just what is an heirloom? Although definitions vary somewhat, generally it is a plant 30-50 years old that has been handed down from generation to generation and comes true each year from seed. Searching for these seeds is an interesting challenge for Annie and her team and the stories behind the plants fascinating.
Episode 09 - Fetzer; The Earth-friendly Vineyard
In this episode we become acquainted with Fetzer, a vineyard so entrenched in stewardship of the planet it has been coined “The Earth-friendly Vineyard”. Founded in 1968 Fetzer has always been a pioneer in the field…literally! In 1978 they were the first California vintner to introduce a line of white wines at a time when whites were not so popular and in 1984 made the commitment to convert to utilizing only sustainable practices.
Fetzer has become a model as a sustainable grower for the entire industry and readily shares their methods and philosophy. It all starts with the soil. Every gardener can take away something from their practice of composting all left over materials from the wine making process to the way they utilize cover crops or manage water for healthier vines and richer, more flavorful wines. The grapes grown fully sustainably are featured in their Bonterra line of wines. However not wanting to mislead anyone Fetzer does utilize grapes from other vineyards that may or may not be sustainably grown.
23 - Dimension Jump...
The crew meet a parallel dimension version of Rimmer. Arnold "Ace" Rimmer is a dashing daredevil test pilot for the space corps, and he has been assigned to test-pilot a ship that can travel through dimensions, so he can meet different versions of himself. He enters our dimension to meet our Rimmer, the weaselly cowardly version, who has gone on a fishing holiday with the rest of the crew.
Gardening Australia - Series 31 Episode 6
Gardening Australia is an Australian lifestyle television program which suggests and promotes organic and environmentally friendly ways of gardening. It is created by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and airs on ABC TV
Sophie Thomson meets a productive gardener on Kangaroo Island, Tino Carnevale visits the home garden of a botanists, Josh Byrne demystifies greywater and we meet Claire Hooper, a comedian with a horticultural background.
A unique social experiment that brings together elderly people in a retirement community with a group of 4-year-olds. Could this encounter between young and old help transform the lives of the elderly?
Episode 02 - Creating an Eco-friendly Environment At Home
All across our planet, people are doing more than ever to create greener spaces. And that’s especially true in Florida, where water runoff can create serious problems. From businesses and theme parks like Disney to hotels like Celebration, that’s part of the Florida Green Lodging program, they’re all doing more than ever to help the environment.
And that’s true for homeowners too. And while many homeowners understand the value of gardening in an eco‐friendly manner, many of us need guidance on how to do it properly. Everyday, we unwittingly make bad choices for the environment when we are simply trying to beautify our landscapes. Something as simple as choosing the right plant-for-the-right-place can greatly reduce the impact we have on the earth.
In this episode Joe and Patti touch on some of the most common mistakes we all make, most of the time without realizing it. They offer practical, simple tips for gardening in a more earth‐friendly way as they help one homeowner begin a sustainable landscaping project.
Along with great ideas for the outside, even something as easy as the addition of house plants will help improve overall indoor air quality as well. This episode also demonstrates to the viewer how taking just a few of these actions will help create healthier plants, cleaner air and a safer environment for us all to enjoy.
About GGWTV
Growing A Greener World is a national gardening series on Public Television that features organic gardening, green living and farm to table cooking. Each episode focuses on compelling and inspirational people making a difference through gardening. This gardening series covers everything from edible gardening and sustainable agriculture to seasonal cooking and preserving the harvest
Episode 3...
Paul has learnt how to be a dairy farmer the hard way but now It’s time for Paul to make another tough lesson. How will he cope saying goodbye to another farm favourite? Meanwhile, Paul plans to increase the livestock continue and he becomes a mother hen to fifty baby birds.
Paul visits a friend to help butcher and learn the different cuts of meat and gets hands on building a new shelter for his chickens. Meanwhile, Paul needs to find ways to earn an income so goes to the farmers market for the first time. Will the punters go for his homegrown grub?
The Repair Shop - Series 7 - Episode 22
Enter a workshop filled with expert craftspeople, bringing loved pieces of family history and the memories they hold back to life. A heartwarming antidote to throwaway culture.
Ceramics expert Kirsten Ramsay is charmed by a series of handmade pottery vegetable patch signs. Emma’s father was extremely artistic and spent their childhood making all sorts of remarkable items. He cast and painted these lovely pieces himself and used them to mark out the different sections of his impressive veg patch in their garden. Sadly, he passed away suddenly and after several years of harsh weather, the signs are cracked, faded and won’t stand the test of time. Emma is desperate to have this keepsake that represents so many of her loving fathers talents back in one piece .
Next to arrive is Sally Mastroddi with a pull along wooden horse and cart toy for Will Kirk’s attention. It belonged to her late mother has been in her family for nearly one hundred years. The little wheeled toy has been enjoyed by generations of children in Sally’s extended farming family. Sally has wonderful memories of life growing up on a farm and playing with the cart, collecting conkers and giving her teddies a ride. She’d love to fulfil her mother’s wish to have it restored so that it can continue to entertain future generations of her family.
And silversmith and football fan Brenton West is honoured to be working on an important trophy. It was presented to Anthony Kennedy’s father, Paddy, who played for Manchester United in the 1953 FA Youth Cup final. It means a huge amount to the Kennedy family as they are so proud of Paddy’s footballing career but the trophy is very tarnished and is missing several pieces of decorative detail. Brenton rises to the challenge and restores its winning shine.
Dances with Wolves is a 1990 American epic western film starring, directed, and produced by Kevin Costner in his feature directorial debut. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 novel Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake that tells the story of Union Army Lieutenant John J. Dunbar (Costner), who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and who meets a group of Lakota.
Costner developed the film with an initial budget of $15 million. Much of the dialogue is spoken in Lakota with English subtitles. It was shot from July to November 1989 in South Dakota and Wyoming, and translated by Doris Leader Charge,[4] of the Lakota Studies department at Sinte Gleska University.
The film earned favorable reviews from critics and audiences, who praised Costner's directing, the performances, screenplay, score, cinematography, and production values. It was a box office hit, grossing $424.2 million worldwide, making it the fourth-highest grossing film of 1990, and is the highest-grossing film for Orion Pictures. The film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards at the 63rd Academy Awards and won seven, including Best Picture, Best Director for Costner, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Sound Mixing. The film also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. It is one of only three Westerns to win the Oscar for Best Picture, the other two being Cimarron (1931) and Unforgiven (1992).
It is credited as a leading influence for the revitalization of the Western genre of filmmaking in Hollywood. In 2007, Dances with Wolves was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[5][6]