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A History of Elm Court
A History of Elm Court
Bob Vila meets with Bob Berle at Elm Court in the Berkshire Hills. Berle‘s great-great grandparents, Vanderbilt-Sloanes, had ...
Backyard Pond
Backyard Pond
A pond or water garden will likely become the focal point for all your backyard conservation.
Backyard Wetland
Backyard Wetland
Wetlands filter excess pesticides and nutrients. Many plants and animals find a home in wetlands.
Beware Backflow
Beware Backflow
When water flows backward through the water supply system, it is called backsiphonage or backflow. When that water is ...
Celebrating on the Completed Patio and Lanai
Celebrating on the Completed Patio and Lanai
Bob gives us a final tour of the new lanai and spa. The unique banana leaf shape of the patio posed several contruction ...
Fountain Features
Fountain Features
A fountain, unlike other statues or pieces of garden furniture, works with two senses at once: sight and sound. The pleasing ...
Naumkeag Garden Tour
Naumkeag Garden Tour
Bob returns to the Stockbridge, Massachusetts, landmark home Naumkeag for a tour of the elaborate gardens.
Pond Safety
Pond Safety
If your planning a backyard pond, locate it where it is unlikely to attract unattended children. Check local safety ordinances ...
The Biting Bugs of Summer Are Back
The Biting Bugs of Summer Are Back
Strategies for combating backyard pest, including black flies, ticks, biting flies, yellow jackets, and of course, mosquitoes.
Tour of Fairsted, Frederick Law Olmstead's Home
Tour of Fairsted, Frederick Law Olmstead's Home
We visit Fairsted, the Brookline, Mass., home of Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect responsible for most of this ...
Tour of Middleton Place
Tour of Middleton Place
Bob visits Middleton Place, a plantation garden outside Charleston, South Carolina.
Tour of the Biltmore Hotel in Miami
Tour of the Biltmore Hotel in Miami
We take a tour of a remarkable concrete building that's survived some of Miami's worst hurricanes: the majestic Biltmore Hotel ...
Tour of the Gardens at The Mount
Tour of the Gardens at The Mount
Bob ties the look of the stone lower façade of the Berkshire’s modular home to The Mount, famed author Edith Wharton’s home. ...
Touring the Landscaping and Meeting Pamela Anderson
Touring the Landscaping and Meeting Pamela Anderson
In his grand finale here in Malibu Beach, Bob take us on a tour of the tiled courtyard with palms and fountain. We get a ...
Virginia House Tour
Virginia House Tour
Bob takes a tour of Virginia House. Once an English abbey, this historic home was shipped to Richmond stone by stone in the ...
Water Conservation
Water Conservation
Save water with efficient systems and healthy plants.
Wetland Safety
Wetland Safety
If your planning a backyard wetland, locate it where it is unlikely to attract unattended children. Check local safety ...
Wildlife Habitat
Wildlife Habitat
Make a home for birds, butterflies, and nature's other creatures.
William Gibbes House Garden Tour
William Gibbes House Garden Tour
Bob returns to the William Gibbes House in Charleston, South Carolina, to tour the one-acre garden of this grand Georgian mansion.
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