We might think that water restrictions are something new, but if we look to the past–back when people hauled water in buckets from a well or spring–it’s always been a valuable resource. And flowers still grew and the hardiest got passed down to us in our gardens today, like the yellow Lady Banks rose, an | read more →
As a new gardener, I sure could have used The Texas Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden! Author Andrea DeLong-Amaya, Director of Horticulture at the Wildflower Center, engages us from her heart and hands-on experience with cultivation, historic use, recipes, and wildlife benefits. In fact, on CTG’s spring premiere this week, Andrea | read more →
air date: April 12, 2025
Style up beautiful, wildlife-friendly gardens that stand up to scalding summers and deep winter freezes with Karen Guz from the San Antonio Water System. On tour, new San Antonio gardener Alexa Volpe turned a plain lawn into a drought-tough cottage design. Central Texas Food Bank garden manager Hannah Beall and Angel Schatz from the Central Texas Mycological Society show how spent mushroom blocks from local growers help feed the community. Daphne answers why some bluebonnets come up pink and shares a few firewise landscaping tips.
