For this week's show we head back to the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden to see David Rogers’ Big Bugs + Pollinators. They are beautiful pieces of art with a great educational component too. I'm demonstrating seed starting for a late summer harvest, have a cool native plant to show you along with an outstanding basil which doesn't go to seed. Luke Werner from The Davey Tree Expert Company explains what to do for a crabapple with apple scab.

This week I'm visiting Project Love, a very special garden, created as a way to help veterans and the neighborhood in the Hill District. I'll introduce you to my granddaughter Hazel and show off our fairy garden along with harvesting beans. I'm showing examples of the garden bargains I've found, along with a trick to get deals on lilies. I'll also answer a question about fig trees and how to get them through winter. Luke Werner from The Davey Tree Expert Company gives us the low down on oak wilt, how to prevent and how to treat for the disease.

This week I travel to Rankin to see the Carrie Furnace National Historic Landmark and get a tour of the Iron Garden. It's a unique, wild garden where two blast furnaces once stood.I'm answering a question about what we should NOT grow for ticks, and showing a perennial which blooms from April to November.
Luke Werner stops by to calm my fears about two different plants.

This week I'm visiting a the Biblical Garden at Rodef Shalom in Oakland where plants from the bible are used to create an important landscape.I'm also showing off a huge hardy tropical plant, explaining why watering is so boring, celebrating happy cucumbers, suggesting a small tree for a garden friend and Luke Werner from The Davey Tree Expert Company continues our watering talk, explaining how to give the trees the water they need.
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For this week’s In Doug’s Garden by Davey Tree I’m visiting a garden that I started to work on, then turned over to the master gardeners, who have created a wonderful landscape. A look at two beautiful lilies, out of place paw paw trees, a pretty native perennial for pollinators and a simple test for tree health by Rob Kruljac from the Davey Tree Expert Company.

This week I'm visiting the Kid's Corner garden in Ligonier, where parents and their children work together weekly in a community garden. I'm also showing off a hydrangea that's a reliable bloomer and supports breast cancer research. There are three, cool native plants to discuss and Rob Kruljac from Davey Tree gets us ready for the storm season.