All-New Season Premieres Saturday, April 7, at Noon!
ALMANAC GARDENER OFFERS ALL-NEW LOCALES, MORE EXPERT GUESTS, AND BUSHELS OF TIMELY ADVICE FOR ALL NORTH CAROLINA GARDENERS

Whether we’re facing spring’s severe downpours or sweltering summer droughts, North Carolina gardeners are invariably optimistic, always enterprising, and never satisfied—continually looking forward to making their Southern landscapes grow better than ever before. 

With these intrepid Tar Heels specifically in mind, Almanac Gardener—North Carolina’s only statewide gardening series—returns for a historic 24th  season beginning Saturday, April 7, at noon, only on UNC-TV. Encore presentations of each episode air Sundays at 11:30 AM. Over the course of 20 weeks, each episode of Almanac Gardener plants fertile ideas for growing your garden with timely features—including Growing Mushrooms at Home, Attracting Beneficial Insects, Pruning Trees, and much more!

Whether you’re a late bloomer in the garden or a resident green thumb, Almanac Gardener’s all-new season addresses all of your growing concerns with half-hour episodes chock full of the latest local gardening tips, techniques and insights. During each episode, experts from the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service at North Carolina State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences join series host Mike Gray to assist viewers in exploring the dynamics of garden planning, maintenance and blooming innovation.

As the face of North Carolina’s popular perennial gardening program, Mike Gray has been sharing the best-kept secrets of master gardeners and horticultural experts from around the state for more than two decades. Whether he’s cultivating a window box of flowers, a backyard patch of vegetables, or an acre full of healthy grasses, Gray is a gardening guru who takes viewers from seed to fruition.                                                               
Almanac Gardener features expert panelists in a multitude of locales across the state, cultivating specific gardening techniques that are indigenous to North Carolina’s ever-changing climate. Whether you’re concerned with protecting garden fruits and vegetables from late frosts in the North Carolina mountains, learning lawn care tips in the Triangle, or uncovering the latest coastal composting tips, beginning in April Almanac Gardener travels from the state’s western hills to its eastern shores to help you reap the rewards of a well-sown garden in your own backyard.

Episodes in April features the following topics:

April 7: Starting a Spring Vegetable Garden

April 14: Three Popular North Carolina Strawberry Varieties

April 21: Planting Bare Root Roses

April 28: Using Native Stone in Your Landscape

Throughout the season, Almanac Gardener also focuses on the timeliest topics facing both urban and rural gardeners.  Other features this season include Principles of Landscape Design, Growing Mushrooms at Home, making a Master Gardener Legacy Garden and much more!

For more information about Almanac Gardener, please visit our website www.unctv.org/gardener.

Viewers are encouraged to visit the Almanac Gardener website throughout the season to test their gardening knowledge for a chance to win an official Almanac Gardener t-shirt!

Funding for Almanac Gardener is provided in part by Fafard/Wyatt-Quarles and Black Kow/Wyatt-Quarles. Almanac Gardener is part of UNC-TV’s ongoing commitment to producing programs for and about North Carolina.

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