New Southern Garden

This week, Nathan celebrates the 250th birthday of the United States by talking about the plants that made this country and how you can grow these same plants in your own garden!

This week, Nathan talks about some of the common issues you might be finding in your vegetable patch and how to deal with them.

This week, Nathan encourages the new and the seasoned gardener to try something new with these super-easy-to-grow plants!

This week, Nathan talks about some of the new perennial plants he has added into his perennial plant borders this year.

This week, Nathan talks about the dangers of growing butterfly bush but gives you ways to counteract those dangers. He discusses a list of butterfly bush cultivars that might be more appropriate for our modern landscapes.

This week, Nathan helps you tackle one of the most difficult sites in the garden... slopes. Nathan explains the benefits to using plants to help "hold" slopes and describes many native plants that can handle the job!

With warmer weather comes more and more insects. Join Nathan as he talks about ways to combat garden pests organically.

In order for plants to grow their best, they need everything required to grow. This week, Nathan talks about the macro and micro nutrients required by plants to grow well. He also talks about the symptoms to look for if your plants are suffering from a nutrient deficiency.

With winter temperatures becoming more and more mild, many hardiness zones have been reconsidered by the USDA. Join Nathan as he talks about a list of plants that once weren't able to be grown in parts of the south but now can.

Nathan's wife rarely gives him ideas for the show, but this week is the exception! She tasked Nathan with delivering an entire show about...green beans! But can he fill a whole hour with the intricate details of the green bean and how to grow them successfully? Listen in to find out!

This week, Nathan tackles a few gardening topics including grouping your vegetable plants by family, effectively watering in drought times, and just a touch of turf grass thoughts.

For thousands of years, humans have been "cutting back" trees and shrubs...and for good reason! This week, Nathan talks about the reasons why you might want to partake in the wonderful world of "cutback" shrubs.

This week, Nathan continues a seed-starting talk he began on the previous show except he talks about some of the easiest flowers to start from seeds. They're even easy for the beginning gardener!

This week, Nathan helps you get a jump start on your garden outdoors by giving you his top tips for starting seeds indoors!

This week, Nathan discusses some exciting new herbaceous perennial releases that can't wait to be grown in your garden!

The time between winter and spring is always an awkward time in the garden. This week, Nathan talks about ways to make your "pre-spring" garden really shine.

This week, with spring in the air, Nathan talks about ten of the things you ought to do now to get your raised-beds and vegetables garden prepped for spring planting!

This week, Nathan talks about what you should NOT be doing in the garden any time soon: pruning your "old wood" blooming plants! Nathan describes the difference between "old wood" and "new wood" blooming plants and lists out the special spring bloomers you shouldn't prune until after their flowers have faded. If her in doubt, remember, "If it blooms before June, do not prune...until after it bloom...

This week, Nathan talks about the 12 key features of contemporary garden style.

This week, Nathan celebrates Valentine's Day with you by bringing love into the garden! Join him as he talks about garden-themed gift ideas, the "love language" of flowers, garden activities to perform with your loved ones, and how our gardens truly do relate to our lives and relationships.

This week, Nathan helps you remember the things you've been forgetting to do in the garden over the late winter and also draws attention to some things you never even thought about doing.

This week, Nathan helps you add unique interest and pizzazz to your garden by employing some unique pruning techniques. Shaped shrubs, flattened fruit trees, and trees narrowed into tight hedges will all help your garden stand out from the neighborhood while adding some useful function as well.

This week, Nathan talks about new trends in gardening to try in your own landscape! From the new (and strange) bioluminescent petunia, to gravel gardens, modern meadows, kokodama and more, Nathan provides you with some novel and unusual ideas for your 2026 gardening year!

This week, Nathan talks about some things that you might consider doing soon-- taking and submitting a soil sample, working in some new fruit trees or managing existing one, verify if old seed is still viable, and install some of the world's shortest, reblooming azaleas.

This week, Nathan makes a case that wet, soggy soil isn't a crisis but an opportunity to grow some wonderful plants that don't bat an eye at the boggy side of life! With this water-loving native plants, you can create a beautiful garden space that dry soil just can't provide.