Southwest Yard and Garden Series - Series 300

Travel to the picturesque wine country of Sonoma County, California and see what three talented master gardeners have done with their yards. It's on to Grand Junction, Colorado to check out some very hardy, cold-tolerant cacti. In Albuquerque, New Mexico learn how to install a star-drip irrigation system for around your trees.

We feature two stunning San Antonio gardens; one, that exemplifies southern living Texas-style, the other, on the edge of Texas hill country. It's on to Santa Rosa, California for a splendid tour of Luther Burbanks Gardens. Hear from Nappa winemaker, John Burtner on tips to starting your own backyard vineyard.

Travel to Albuquerque's north vallet to visit the historic Los Poblanos Inn surrounded by rose gardens, fountains and mosaic paths. Walk through the wonderful Xeriscape Gardens at the foothills of the Sandia Mountains. Return to the Lady Bird Johnson WIldflower Center in Austin for a tour of the inspiration gardens. Visit an organic apple orchard in Sedona, Arizona.

Travel to western Colorado to see how Meredtih Pratt is using microclimates to grow a variety of plants including tropicals. Visit Lenore Donovan who has created a park-like garden to share with the public. The Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix for a lesson on the risky are of transplanting cacti.

Travel to Sacramento to see the stunning tuscony styled garden of Elizabeth Wise. To the banks of the American river where Gary Kernick shows one of his landscape designs. High country tour of the Colorado Springs Xeriscape Gardens. Learn the finer points on drip irrigation on an informative trip to Dallas.

Take a stroll through gardens of significant memories and historic gardens of Blue Lake Ranch in beautiful Durango, Colorado. Return to Lotus Land to see exquisite formal gardens and wonderful water fountains. Host, Curtis Smith, discusses bark beetle problems with Tom DeGomez, University of Arizona Forest Health Specialist.

Curtis Smith visits two unique Sedona Desert landscapes, first, from the view from a hill property of Jane Davie then to the whimsical Mexican fiesta garden of Sally Berkshire. Then it's back to Texas for a tour of the Dallas Arboretum. Learn how to control those pesky peach tree borers.

Travel to Denver and see how one gardening expert uses microclimates to create a water efficient landscape. Visit a lush xeriscape garden not far from downtown Denver. Learn how to properly irrigate your trees and shrubs as we return to the Desert Botanical Garden and Phoenix. Pick up some handy recycling tips from a gardener in Southern California.

See how two Dallas gardeners converted their water guzzling lawns into award winning xeriscape masterpieces. Learn about the seven principles of xeriscape at the COlorado SPrings Xeriscape Gardens. See how a Roswell gardener breaks through cement-like caliche to create his landscape.

Curtis Smith travels to southern California and visits a city landscape dense with tropical fruit, ornamentals and edible flowers. In L.A. he discovers a herbal flower garden that produces the material for unique, creative crafts. Then it is on to Texas for a visit to the Dallas Arboretum. Learn more about perennial plant care from Denver gardener Marcia Tatroe.

Marvel over an exquisite iris garden & tortoise habitat. Visit a divided garden that is both practical and stunning. Learn more about succulents and cycads at Lotus Land in Santa Barbara. Improve your health with a walk down the nature trail at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale.

Visit the stunning gardens of the famed Texas Hill country from classic terraced landscapes near Fredericksburg to egy eclectic gardens in the capitol city of Austin. Learn about the fascinating bond between ancient Sonoran Desert dwellers and their plant at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Gardens.

We return to Phoenix where a master gardener brings a little bit of England home to her Sonoran Desert Xeriscape. A landscape designer takes us through various stages of his new gardens in progress. Visit the spectacular gardens of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildlife Center.