Tutorials
Practical and holistic gardening tutorials and videos for healthy living through outdoor spaces.
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Succulents are great for our hot, dry Southern climate. Gardener Jim Martin points out the variety of succulents at Hyams, a Charleston, S.C., area garden center. Then see how to turn those succulents into beautiful hanging baskets and containers for your home garden.
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Growing roses in the South is a gardener's dream. There are tons of varieties and most are grow quite easily in the southern climate.
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Jim Martin shows three types of plants that are perfect for the indoors because they thrive in shade and can dry out between waterings. Jim also demonstrates a unique way to display bromeliads. Be sure to watch through to the end so you don't miss the final product.
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In this episode of Down & Dirty with Gardener Jim Martin, learn how to plant bulbs so they are flowering just in time for the holiday season (and figure out what to do with them when the holidays are over). So get ready to laugh and learn!
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Daylilies just keep on giving. Not only are their blooms a great boost of color to your garden, but they multiple. Jim Martin of the Charleston Parks Conservancy explains how to divide a daylily so you can expand your garden or give them away to friends.
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Daffodils are a stunning spring sight, but their blooms are short-lived. Now that your plant has finished blooming, what should you do? Jim Martin of the Charleston Parks Conservancy shows you the next steps.
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You don't have to drive through Texas to find Texas Bluebonnets. They are thriving in the Lowcountry. The Charleston Parks Conservancy planted bluebonnets in the Riverland Terrace green space to see how they would take to the dry, hot conditions. The Conservancy's Jim Martin explains.
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Jim Martin knows a thing or two about plants. A seasoned horticulturist in South Carolina, Jim serves as the executive director of the Charleston Parks Conservancy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to beautifying and preserving Charleston's many public parks. Jim's own home garden is straight out of a magazine with hundreds of plant varieties, container gardens, water features and a small greenhouse.
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Jim Martin, executive director of the Charleston Parks Conservancy, talks about the snowball viburnum growing in his own home garden. Don't be confused, even though its big white blooms look similar to a hydrangea, it's a very different plant.
