Introducing the Garden Hotline
Peruse our Garden Hotline YouTube videos below as well as links for other great sustainable northwest gardening tips – available through our sponsors, partners and friends in the horticulture community.
Featured Videos
Build a Wooden Worm Bin
Easy DIY Plastic Worm Bin
Winter Mulching and Cover Crops in the Garden
Garden Hotline Video Contest Entries
2014 – I Heard it Through the Garden Hotline
General Plant Care
You Wanna Be Startin’ Something – City Peoples Nursery
Caring for your Peonies – Liz Luce
Is Your Dog Digging? – Eva and Dylan Stepherson
Food Gardening
The Merits of Heirloom Tomatoes – Hans Karl Frautschi
Growing Fresh Herbs – Chef Jerry Traunfeld
Grow Up – Vertical Gardens – Jeff Hancock
JoJo Tran – Gardener – Patrick Penta
Natural Pest, Weed and Disease Management
Puget Sound’s Next Top Gardener – Garden Hotline
Egg Shell Slug Control – Anne Heavy
Goodbye Pesticides, Be Natural – Julaine and Jake Hall
Gardening with Aphids – Chef Tamara Murphy and Tyler Anderson
How to Control Leaf Miners – Jonah Kozlowski and Fred Miller
Best Weeding Practices – Garden Hotline and Keep High Point Green
Pollinators and Beneficial Insects
Mason Bees Micro Documentary – Paul Wheaton
Chasing Bees: The Search for the Western Bumble Bee – Oregon Zoo
Soil, Mulch and Compost
Mulch Trees Right – Garden Hotline
Mulching Your Shrub Beds – Ranger Melanie Boehm
Happy Healthy Soil – Lauren Wong
What Can’t Go in the Compost? – Craig Downing
Smart Watering
Smart Watering for your Lawn – Seattle Public Utilities
“Watering” Your Air Plants – Tess MacDonald
Natural Lawn Care
Managing Moles – Garden Hotline
Introduction to Natural Lawn Care – Seattle Public Utilities
Soil Sampling – Seattle Public Utilities
Using Fertilizer
Mow High and Let it Lie – Seattle Public Utilities
Smart Watering – Seattle Public Utilities
Aerating and Topdressing
Applying Lime – Seattle Public Utilities
RainWise – Managing Stormwater at Home
How to Maintain Your Cistern – Seattle Public Utilities
It’s Your Choice – Stewardship Partners
Highland Park Improvement Club Rain Gardens – David Hymel
Videos for Landscape Professionals
The Road to Healthy Public Spaces
Turf Maintenance on Sand-based Sports Fields
