On this week’s “Gardening in
Georgia,” host Walter Reeves has some pointers to enhance the
beauty of your landscape and garden. And co-host Tara Dillard
shows how to use rocks to create raised beds for plants.

The show will air on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 7:30 p.m. and will be
broadcast again at noon Saturday, Sept. 8, on Georgia Public Television.

This week, Reeves shows how to create an espalier. After drawing
a heart shape on a brick wall with chalk, he inserts lead anchors
into the masonry. Then he twists small screw eyes into the
inserts and strings heavy duty wire through eyes.

He pulls sprouts from a gangly elaeagnus to the wire form and
attaches it with light-gauge wire.

Let Me Show You My Edgings

Dillard visits Margaret Moseley’s garden to show various plant
bed edgings. Some of the prettiest islands are edged in stones
and rough concrete. The beds are raised to the height of the
stones.

The stones and concrete have aged and mossed beautifully, giving
her garden lots of character. Other islands are edged in brick
with the holes showing. The newest islands have no edging at
all.

Finally, Sara Henderson shows Reeves how she makes attractive
plant markers out of small pieces of slate (2 inches high, 3
inches wide), coat hanger wire, bamboo and Liquid Nails.

Wednesdays, Saturdays on GPTV

“Gardening in Georgia” airs each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. It’s
rebroadcast every Saturday at noon. The show’s Web site provides
further information.

The show is produced especially for Georgia gardeners by the UGA
College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and GPTV.