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Victory Garden; Victory Garden 1832

10/31/1993


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Series
Victory Garden
Program
Victory Garden 1832
Program Number

1832

Series Description

Gardening program hosted by Jim Wilson and joined by Bob Smaus, Roger Swain, Lucinda Mays and Peter Seabrook as international travel correspondent. Series chef is Marion Morash. Special correspondent is Holly Shimizu. The Boston-based Victory Garden (w/ Roger Swain) is located at a private residence; Victory Garden South is at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia; Victory Garden West is at Roger's Garden Center in Corona del Mar, California. Original program: Crockett's Victory Garden - premiered April 6, 1976. Hosted by Jim Crockett. Second host Bob Thomson (for 12 years till 1991). Series release date: 1976

Program Description

Peter Seabrook pays a visit to the Royal Botanic Gardens Wisley to see some of the champion size turnips being grown. Holly Shimizu vistis the gardens of Nancy Gordon in Hillsborough,North Carolina. She is closing her nursery business, known for its cyclamen varieties, in order to devote more time to gardening. Roger demonstrates how to overwinter vinca to save it for use next year, and plants parsley for next year's crop.

Duration

00:34:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres
Instructional
Topics
Gardening
Citation
Chicago: “Victory Garden; Victory Garden 1832,” 10/31/1993, GBH Archives, accessed October 11, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4C17F36F53314C94A786F308C038C427.
MLA: “Victory Garden; Victory Garden 1832.” 10/31/1993. GBH Archives. Web. October 11, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4C17F36F53314C94A786F308C038C427>.
APA: Victory Garden; Victory Garden 1832. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4C17F36F53314C94A786F308C038C427
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