I was assigned a deck garden makeover recently for the Hallmark daytime show,   "Home & Family" with Cristina Ferrare and Mark Steines. 

If you like home and garden shows, you'll love this unique daytime show where all the guests are experts from this genre!

When I design a garden makeover for television, one of the first things I do is secure the very best looking plants available.

This is TV after all!

 The pros at Armstrong Garden Center helped me select  drought tolerant, heat loving plants for this Southern California garden.

Armstrong Garden Center in Sherman Oaks, California supplied all of the plants.

The service was excellent and one of the nursery pros, Audrey, pulled plants with me for over two hours!

Before the deck makeover.

The Planting Conditions

The deck is open and sunny and has a southern orientation, meaning it receives generous sunshine most of the day.

 …

Co-owner and Hellebore breeder Chris' amazing double flowering Hellebore in a stunning array of colors for your shade perennial garden.

This new Helleborus is a double flowering type that has triple the amount of petals of common Helleborus. 

The breeder claims the plant is deer proof and drought proof.

I love the color and looks of the 'Fluffy Ruffles' Helleborus.

Anyone have any experience with it?

What are your thoughts?

More information: http://www.GreatGardenPlants.com

Hi Garden Center TV Friends!

Happy New Year!

Growing your own food at home is a huge trend among gardeners but it  seems to stop short of growing your own fruit.

There's a misconception among newer gardeners that a large yard is required in order to grow and  enjoy a crisp apple, juicy orange or luscious avocado straight from a tree!

It's exciting to share information about dwarf and compact fruit tree varieties that grow well and thrive in containers.

Enjoy the short video from my "Way to Grow" series on the Digs channel on Youtube where I present a multi-grafted apple tree growing in a container, a dwarf avocado tree named "Minicado" and an espaliered Meyer lemon tree.

"3 Fruit Trees for Small Spaced Yards and…

There's no doubt about it, "Fairy" and "Miniature" gardens are strong trends in gardening today.

You can't read a garden magazine or browse Pinterest and Facebook without coming across these charming and very personal fairy and miniature themed gardens.

I made a video for my "Way to Grow" beginner gardening series on the Digs channel on YouTube and taught two newbie gardeners how to assemble their first fairy garden.

You can find accessories for your miniature or fairy garden at Wholesale Fairy Gardens, an online store specializing in miniature garden structures.

Houses, fences, fairies, furniture, characters from Wholesale Fairy Gardens.

Where do you buy or find your fairy and mini garden…

Do you want to learn how to make a straw bale raised planter?

Hi Friends!

I invite you to watch my appearance on the "Home and Family" show this week as I re-purpose a straw bale into a raised planter for herbs and greens!

The show airs on the Hallmark channel which is on most basic cable packages and stars Paige Davis of "Trading Spaces" and Mark Steines of "E Entertainment.

Garden designer, Shirley Bovshow (l) with hosts Mark Steines and Paige Davis (center) and expert contributors to "Home and Family" show.

I'm the garden lifestyle expert for the show!

The show airs on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 from 10AM- 12PM PST.

Thanks to De Wit tools for supplying their legendary tools for the segment- they  customized a bulb planter for easier cutting through the bale and sent an assortment of tools from The Netherlands!

De Wit tools are  handmade in The Netherlands and are made with the highest quality Swedish boron steel…