WPBS is offering The Gardener, a 13-week series available to Public Television stations beginning April 2002. Each show of The Gardener blends the best of both worlds: informative, useful how-to segments of interest to both the home gardener and the professional gardener, and tours of some of the most beautiful gardens in the United States and Canada. From planting to pruning to harvesting, the how-to segments will share helpful information designed to help every gardener get their flowers, vegetables, shrubs, and trees looking their best.	Host Ed Lawrence appears courtesy of National Capital Commission Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
The Gardener is sponsored by Lee Valley Tools which has provided the garden tools used in the show.	Some of the gardens to be featured include Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania, Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, and the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina. We’ll also visit tropical gardens in Florida and desert gardens in Arizona. In addition, we have a couple of extremely prestigious and special treats: a very rare tour of the grounds of the Prime Minister's residence in Ottawa, Canada, and Canada's Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, Her Excellency the Right Honorable Adrienne Clarkson, joins us for a tour of Rideau Hall, Canada's equivalent of The White House. The Gardener is hosted by Ed Lawrence, who was the Chief of Greenhouses and Grounds Services at the Official Residences in Ottawa for 20 years. His duties included the gardens of the residences of the Prime Minister and the Governor General of Canada. Ed is now Horticultural Specialist for the Official Residences Division, Environment, Capital Lands and Parks Branch of the National Capital Commission. In his current position, Ed gives gardening advice, consults on landscape projects, helps develop landscaping plans, and talks with the media. Ed is also host of a province-wide Ontario radio call-in gardening segment for Ontario Today. He is exceedingly renowned in Canada as one of their top gardeners. Ed has two college degrees from Humber College, one as a landscape technician, and one in landscape technology. Ed appears courtesy of the National Capital Commission of Ottawa.

The Gardener Series 100

101 The Five D’s of Pruning
Host Ed Lawrence demonstrates the Five D’s of Pruning. Also, a tour of the front gardens of Rideau Hall, Canada’s equivalent of the White House. Quick Tip: Using pruning shears properly.

102 Cactus and Succulents
Ed shows the differences between cactus and succulents and discusses the care and characteristics of desert versus jungle cactus and succulents. He demonstrates the transplanting of a desert cactus. Also, a visit to the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona. Quick Tip: Handling spiny cactus with newsprint or paper towels protects both you and the cactus.

103 Problem Peony
One peony isn’t doing nearly as well as another in the same bed, and Ed is determined to find out why. Also, a tour of Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Quick Tip: Sterilizing garden instruments.

104 Lovely Lilacs
Ed gives a new vigor to old lilac trees. Also, a visit to the old English walled gardens of Maple Lawn in Ottawa, Canada, and to the estate of former Prime Minister William Lyon MacKenzie King in the Gatineau Park of Quebec. Quick Tip: Selecting the proper point to prune

105 A New Home
A huge hibiscus tree needs a new pot, and Ed demonstrates a new, kinder method of transferring the plant. Also, a visit to Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami, Florida. Quick Tip: Clay versus plastic pots

106 More Than Dirt
The texture and structure of soil and soiless mixes is today’s topic. Ed looks at the soil core and profile of garden soil one foot deep and examines a construction site 8 feet deep for a full soil profile from surface topsoil through the subsoil and bedrock. He also discusses the components of soiless mixes. Also, a tour of the desert gardens of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum of Tucson, Arizona. Quick Tip: Wet peat moss before using it to keep down dust.

107 24 Sussex
The special root system of the Iris needs particular consideration when thinning, dividing, and replanting. Also, a rare tour of the grounds at the Prime Minister’s residence in Ottawa, Canada. Quick Tip: Soil conditions for iris

108 A Three-Tiered Watergarden
Ed presents the components of a three-tiered water garden. Ed shows us the inflow in the top pond using a waterfall, the sluiceway with rapids and three vertical drops, and the main pond featuring waterlilies and lotus. Also, a tour of Vizcaya Tropical Garden in Miami, Florida. Quick Tip: Using unmilled sphagnum peat moss or natural sheet moss in rock gardens and around ponds to fill in cracks between rocks.

109 So Many Plants, So Little Time
There are too many lysmachia clethroides and bee balm plants for the size of the bed, and Ed’s task is to thin them out, dividing and replanting them, taking care to accommodate their specialized root systems. Also, a tour of the gardens at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. Quick Tip: sharpening your shovels

110 Harvesting Herbs
Guest Jim McDonald, Chef tournant at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, discusses harvesting and usage of fresh herbs, including sage, oregano, rosemary, parsley, thyme, and garlic chives. Also, a visit to Elizabethan Gardens in Mateo, North Carolina. Quick Tip: The proper way to cut fresh herbs; also, add fresh herbs during the last few minutes of cooking for maximum flavor.

111 Seed and Root Propagation
A busy Ed seeds poppy and datura, roots coleus and regal pelergonium, divides an amaryllus, and propagates a spider plant. Also, a tour of the gardens at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, Florida. Quick Tip: Rooting cuttings in floral foam

112 Spring Fling
Ed demonstrated the proper way to plant spring flowering bulbs, including daffodils, crocus, tulips, and scilla. Also, a tour of the gardens at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Quick Tip: Using bone meal as a fertilizer

113 Hosta La Vista, Baby
Ed tackles an overgrown clump of hosta plants, dividing and replanting them. He wants to use the divided plants to fill in a bare patch in the garden. Also, a special treat: a tour of the back gardens of Rideau Hall with Canada’s Governor General. Quick Tip: Hard-to-multiply hostas

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