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Central Texas Gardener takes brand-new and seasoned gardeners down a sustainable garden path with organic techniques, water-wise plants, and homegrown food. Get design inspiration, hands-on how-to, and behind-the-scenes tours of Texas gardeners at home.

Celebrate 30 seasons of CTG with a special look at some standout students.
Explore the intersection of gardening and art with this special episode.
Celebrate the Asian influence on gardening in Central Texas with this special episode.
Support for CTG is provided by Lisa & Desi Rhoden, and by H-E-B Our Texas, Our Future. Central Texas Gardener is produced by Austin PBS, KLRU-TV and distributed by NETA.
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Celebrate 30 seasons of CTG with a special look at some standout students.
Explore the intersection of gardening and art with this special episode.
Celebrate the Asian influence on gardening in Central Texas with this special episode.
Dispel common misconceptions with a special look at the world of garden creepy crawlers.
Raise a glass to 30 seasons of CTG with a special look back at some intoxicating gardens.
Celebrate the kids who love to grow as much as the grownups with this special episode.
Celebrate 30 seasons of CTG with a special look back at some truly pet-forward gardens.
Texas Gardener magazine editor Jay White and John Hart Asher look at what’s ahead for gardeners.
Control runoff with beautiful gardens; pick the best trees and herbs to plant in fall.
Pay tribute to cherished loved ones on Dia de Los Muertos. Add cheerful habitat to winter’s garden.
Episodes
Gather garden design ideas and tour a dynamic native plant urban wildlife sanctuary.
Discover diverse, beautiful gardens and get the stories behind them with author Pam Penick.
Take the next step to a delightful backyard habitat, including spring wildflowers to plant in fall.
Reimagine lawns as gorgeous plants and vibrant wildlife; tour a theater’s patio pollinator garden.
Go bold with summer color; a young family of musicians explores adventures in their pond garden.
People, pollinators, and birds gather at an urban park created from a former mall parking lot.
Firefly lifestyle; a renter charms up a neglected front yard; propagate succulents.
A Jarrell garden restores habitat from former pastureland; discover solitary native bees.
Yummy homegrown citrus in containers or garden beds; outdoor living garden style; summer vegetables.
Style up beautiful spaces in drought’s water restrictions; a new gardener starts a cottage garden.
Easy-to-grow native plants; a gardener replaces lawn with native grasses and pollinator perennials.
As bird populations diminish, discover how plants support them and pollinators across seasons.
Extras
In a ground-level makeover, a young couple went for outdoor living and wildlife habitat.
Richie and Nkiru Gelles applied muscle and imagination to turn their backyard into a lively habitat.
On an old lot, new owners envisioned an urban wildlife sanctuary for year-round beauty.
See how to create a rain garden with beautiful native and adapted plants for pollinators.
An urban butterfly sanctuary restores life to soil and soul in daily pollinator performances.
Get the secret to success with Billy Garza.
Musicians and home-schoolers Lisa and Shane Lamb grow their garden goals one weekend at a time.
Once crowded with cars, this former mall parking lot now gathers another kind of community
Smash and mulch recycled mushroom blocks for healthy, productive plants.
Cyrano Carroll wasn’t keen on digging in until a chance opportunity changed his life.
Specials
Turn your native plants into delicious recipes!
Amanda Moon from It’s About Thyme discusses plants that glow by moonlight.
We’ve all been there. We buy a house that comes with a weedy, overgrown lawn.
Our gardens are sanctuaries to heal, find peace, and truly get outside ourselves.
Master Beekeeper Tanya Phillips sweetens the deal with top tips for starting beehives.
Accent and color up the garden or patio with containers that extend your plant diversity.
Off with the old and on with the new as we head into late winter cleanup!
Organizing a bunch of plants into a sensual garden is both exciting and rewarding.
Daniel Cunningham at Water University takes the waste out of water with DIY tips.
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