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Janet Draper is the horticulturist for a popular public garden in Washington, DC. Learn what it is like to garden with plants and tons of people.

Plant sculptor Jake Hobson joins us from England to talk about the art of pruning: formal or whimsical, subtle or severe, eastern and western designs.

Dr. Frank Gouin, an expert on compost with detailed information on the black gold we can make in our own backyards.

Landscape Architect Richard Weber is our guest to take us on a tour of some of the garden sites of Lexington, Kentucky.

And now for something completely different -- live celebrity guest Frank DeCaro serves up a Halloween show -- (dead) celebrity recipes.

A rebroadcast with Ken on putting the garden to bed

Guest Melinda Myers shares six great tips for fall garden care to help plants in the autumn, winter and even next spring.

Kathleen Gagan of Peony's Envy tells us it is time to plant these incomparable herbaceous and woody plants to grace your garden for decades.

Brent Heath of Brent and Becky's Bulbs visits the show with suggestions for some new introductions, old favorites and fragrant daffodils to plant now.

Barbara Tiffany gardens on the banks of an unpredictable creek. She suffered from the recent floods. We talk about the event and the future.

Author Graham Rice talks us through Planting the Dry Shade Garden, and tells how we can make the most of these challenging areas.

Kristin Green, the interpretive horticulturist at Blithewold Arboretum, tells us about this RI public garden, as well as organic care and wrangling of roses.

What's next? I'll tell you all about the most challenging event on the island garden: Hurricane Irene.

Ruth Clausen joins me again to chat about deer-resistant bulbs, grasses and shrubs.

We're repeating a show with Doug Hall from Organic Gardening magazine -- we talk about some year-old complaints (weather, etc), and Doug defines "Organic."

Part II with Steve Bogash -- more on tomatoes, peppers and more with our vegetable garden expert.

Steve Bogash -- Mr. Tomato -- on growing America's favorite fruit: avoiding problems, and some of the best varieties.

Young plant breeder Joseph Tychonievich tells us about some of the plants he is working with, including a new, lacquer-red species petunia.

Is having a greenhouse a long-held dream? Tune into Charley Yaw and me on having and caring for a garden under glass.

We revisit our show with Sylvan Kaufman on invasive plants and what to do about them.