jefferson's garden was divided up into 24 individual squares or garden plots and his garden runs about a thousand feet long. so i have here our brown dutch lettuce. brown dutch was the most frequently planted lettuce variety that jefferson would have had his enslaved laborers plant for him. we're going to be selling it here in this square and as he instructed we will be using a thimble's full of lettuce per row. because about one thimble will be enough to sow an entire row of lettuce seed in one of his garden squares. so now after we've sewed our row of lettuce seed we have to cover it back up and what we like to do is we like to use the reverse side of our rake. and just lightly tap the trench because the seed only needs about a quarter of an inch worth of soil to cover it. and you just continue down the line again, just very lightly. covering your row and now after you've covered your seed. what you want to do if it's very hot and dry is to water your row so that the seeds can germinate. we're actually expecting rain in the next day or so, so that will take care of the watering for u

generically when referring to botanical gardens, we typically say botanical garden. so after george washington laid out a vision for the united states botanic garden in the late 1700s, there was not too much action. the country was going through a lot of changes. we were setting in on a location for the capital for the white house la font pierre len font the city planner for washington dc was famously laying out his design for the city that was going to be realized and we had a lot going on. there was the war of 1812 and several other major occurrences that made the overall planning or execution of the planning of washington dc take probably a little bit more time than the founding fathers had intended the united states botanic garden after being endorsed by george, washington. we've got a much-needed shot in the arm from another founding father in james madison. and james madison was a prominent member of an institution early on in the history of washington dc called the colombian institute, and it was a gentlemanly scholarly society that was dedicated to among othe

so we have gardens that vary from all stages of development and all gardens, family gardens, privatel as postage stamps and others pretty expansive. it's a variety -- all of the world is represented in our gardens here in the portola. >> i have been coming to the portola garden tour for the past seven or eight years ever since i learned about it because it is the most important event of the neighborhood, and the reason it is so important is because it links this neighborhood back to its history. in the early 1800s the portola was farmland. the region's flowers were grown in this neighborhood. if you wanted flowers anywhere future bay area, you would come to this area to get them. in the past decade, the area has tried to reclaim its roots as the garden district. one of the ways it has done that is through the portola garden tour, where neighbors open their gardens open their gardens to people of san francisco so they can share that history. >> when i started meeting with the neighbors and seeing their gardens, i came up with this idea that it would be a great idea to fundraise. we st

so we have gardens that vary from all stages of development and all gardens, family gardens, privatens, some of them as small as postage stamps and others pretty expansive. it's a variety -- all of the world is represented in our gardens here in the portola. >> i have been coming to the portola garden tour for the past seven or eight years ever since i learned about it because it is the most important event of the neighborhood, and the reason it is so important is because it links this neighborhood back to its history. in the early 1800s the portola was farmland. the region's flowers were grown in this neighborhood. if you wanted flowers anywhere future bay area, you would come to this area to get them. in the past decade, the area has tried to reclaim its roots as the garden district. one of the ways it has done that is through the portola garden tour, where neighbors open their gardens open their gardens to people of san francisco so they can share that history. >> when i started meeting with the neighbors and seeing their gardens, i came up with this idea that it would be a great

so we have gardens that vary from all stages of development and all gardens, family gardens, private gardens, some of them as small as postage stamps and others pretty expansive. it's a variety -- all of the world is represented in our gardens here in the portola. >> i have been coming to the portola garden tour for the past seven or eight years ever since i learned about it because it is the most important event of the neighborhood, and the reason it is so important is because it links this neighborhood back to its history. in the early 1800s the portola was farmland. the region's flowers were grown in this neighborhood. if you wanted flowers anywhere future bay area, you would come to this area to get them. in the past decade, the area has tried to reclaim its roots as the garden district. one of the ways it has done that is through the portola garden tour, where neighbors open their gardens open their gardens to people of san francisco so they can share that history. >> when i started meeting with the neighbors and seeing their gardens, i came up with this idea that it would be a

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when nightclubs finally reopen, will you choose dancing or gardening? in the garden centre.great idea. this is my veg patch. more weeds here than anything edible, but it seems everyone is after it. there is a growing trend of social influencers posting about their perfect peas. this woman is a garden influencer on instagram, with 30,000 people following herjourney. the gardening community is amazing. they are so supportive and if they are new to it especially and want to learn and want tips — how do you grow that? they want you to show your experience with that plan. i want some tips from you. please look at my beans. or are they sweet peas, i think? they look sorry for themselves. as long as you have good quality compost and water them well they will be fine. i'm probably going wrong with watering. but for these people, the party is here on the plots. that was amy garcia reporting. they've become unlikely online stars thanks to their antics on �*nestcams' and now it's hoped the popularity of four owls in somerset in southwest england will help promote conservation. barn owl

it's a walled garden but apple would argue there's a big open gate in that garden and you can leave if want to and go into android land but why would anyone ever want to leave think of it more like the disney world or disneyland style walled garden where you've got to paid a lot to be there, but apple would argue it's the happiest place on earth >> yeah, but i mean, who wants to leave a garden? people may feel differently about carrier. so interesting language being brought into the conversation there. >>> coming up on the show, jeff bezos heads to space bitcoin takes one step closer to becoming legal tender. and somewhere in twitter rethinks the follow, "tech check" is just getting started it's another day. and anything could happen. it could be the day you welcome 1,200 guests and all their devices. or it could be the day there's a cyberthreat. get ready for it all with an advanced network and managed services from comcast business. and get cybersecurity solutions that let you see everything on your network. plus an expert team looking ahead 24/7 to help prevent threats. every day in

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welcome to oxford gardens.ake up in the morning, see the blue sky, sun out, and i think wow, what a beautiful day. and it doesn't take me long. i look out the window, open up my blinds and i see people walking with their masks, then it hits me. it doesn't feel real. but you know it's real because you've got the letters in your hand telling you you must stay at home. well, i've been here 25 years. we've got a range of people. people who are obviously quite wealthy. there are quite a lot of people renting, privately, and also social housing. and it's a wonderful mix, you cannot tell by walking down the street what type of accommodation. i don't know the very posh houses, the £12 million house, i wish i did. next door they're multimillionaires and we're housing association, this block. i think all children's entertainers are a bit kids at heart. schools closed on that friday and i thought gosh, well, that's it. i'm not going to be doing any entertaining. i was talking to my friend and saying oh, this is awful, eve

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so we have gardens that vary from all stages of development and all gardens, family gardens, privatens, some of them as small as postage stamps and others pretty expansive. it's a variety -- all of the world is represented in our gardens here in the portola. >> i have been coming to the portola garden tour for the past seven or eight years ever since i learned about it because it is the most important event of the neighborhood, and the reason it is so important is because it links this neighborhood back to its history. in the early 1800s the portola was farmland. the region's flowers were grown in this neighborhood. if you wanted flowers anywhere future bay area, you would come to this area to get them. in the past decade, the area has tried to reclaim its roots as the garden district. one of the ways it has done that is through the portola garden tour, where neighbors open their gardens open their gardens to people of san francisco so they can share that history. >> when i started meeting with the neighbors and seeing their gardens, i came up with this idea that it would be a great

has watched the garden develop over all these years.en a pleasure for me too, thank you very much indeed. quite extraordinary! 0k, quite extraordinary! ok, now fora look quite extraordinary! ok, now for a look at the weather with thomas schaaf and echo. the weather is looking pretty good for the most of the uk in the coming days, the weekend are certainly looking largely dry, there�*ll be some warm, sunny spells and this fine early summer weather is going to continue into next week as well. it looks like the early start of the summer has come to an abrupt end across the south—east, we can see the clouds spreading into rain bearing clouds, but they be showing off into the north sea over the course of today and internet, simmering around over the course of this evening, but elsewhere across the uk, after all that sunshine, fine evening. a little bit of trial, may be some showers in parts of northern ireland and western scotland and they will continue to do so through the night, with lots of clear weather, early hours of saturday, and then

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this vertical gardens has its own training facility. here, emphasis is placed on ways of saving the planet from carbon emissions and excessive energy use. people i encourage to grow food close to hill to help cut down the use of feeling during transportation. if i can grade myself, it's better for me to better for the environment as a whole, reduce the amount of cars on the road, the amount of carbon emissions, the amount of transport needed from the supplier to come to this market from this full market, being a hefty electricity bill in terms of power and, and refrigerator and services. food security is a major problem in kenya. produce losses often reach up to 50 percent. you to pose habits for each problem. an initiative called the g youth group came up with a way to help and then grow as get more value for the product and cut down with age . they also pay $3.00 times more per bunch than brokers. the freshman anessa, dr. crushed and processed into a fortified flower, a part of the fetches good prizes, which also means more money for

in the gardening process. thomas jefferson's monticello hosted this event and provided the video. welcome to our monticello live stream with curator of plants peggy cornett and manager and curator of historic gardens. jason young today. we are discussing monticello's gardens during both jefferson's time as well as spring

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on the outskirts of bang, we met a man who runs a community garden. and in this age of rapid globalization, he set a lofty goal of growing and promoting traditional regional fees. let's see how he does it. the me typically traditional indian meet drive on bread. so little bit idea of side dishes . each made off a number of ingredients. but as india has been, i saw too has the way its people eat meals have become faster, easier and much less diverse. but many ingredients even being flown in from around the world. a study found that around a tote of what indians eat, comes from abroad. artists and gardeners today, coma is the force behind a movement to save in the genus foodstuffs. he has founded on revival project called surge up with it and could just be boot to grow local and seasonal foods that have slowly disappeared from their lives. actually the recipe has been changed, but the ingredients become very less. so people, when they're made in the peak season build, add 15 to 20 kind of hubs and greens in one curry. and i would just come to 2 or 3 typ

and that is the white house garden tours. now the white house garden tours had taken place and annually twice a year until pearl harbor and then they had been stopped but in 1973, she brings them back and here you see pat and -- nixon leading the first of these tours through the rose garden in april of 1973. this desire on her part, and i'm not sure if you can actually see her on this picture, but if you go to the next slide and go to the first go ahead and go to this picture this first picture right here down here where she's surrounded all these people you look at the smile on her face for a lot of years people talked about mrs. nixon as plastic pat and if you look at more formal pictures of her the first picture that i had the very first picture that i had up she can have this very kind of stiff smile on her face, but if you look at this picture of her surrounded by these children, this is a diplomatic. this is a party for children of the diplomatic corps. you can see the genuine affection. she liked people and people like

so has the strain of heat the tower garden is an architect coming up with some cool new solutions? motion builds is 27 meters above ground, working on your green as high rise. there is a passionate gardner. with this green facade, he's providing a natural air conditioner in the heart of the city. if run for fun, yes, i mean the leaves are starting to retract and slowly dry out and then, but thanks to our watering system, a vessel there are also fresh uses fever, but call me this shopping center is called cruise organ, tooth named digital schooner sally's shopping area, the 30000 horn bin plants to cool to building to hampton noise and absorb carbon dioxide in their 1st summer plant. so already feeling the heat they're part of an effort to counteract increasing heat waste in german cities. a consequence of climate change means to only be for 6 months. so there's still news. this applied by special irrigation system. all nearly 35 degrees. how's it running? 5 leaders a day for the tubs, and 15 leaders per square meter for the mission must. what's that red outage for us? and it's a ma

right now she's using an indoor smart farm from rise gardens.contained system uses water, special lights and an app to guide you through the process from seedling to harvest. i think this is awesome way to cut the system launched just before the pandemic rice says sales are up over 300%. we just want everybody to be able to grow food at home and take items is ceo. you really do get what you plan a little seed. you see it come up and grow. it's it's really fun. i can attest to that rice and neither starter garden to try and in weeks i was growing fresh basal lettuce and more. i talk my pizza and even made a solid with some of the freshest greens. i've tasted like any garden setup and maintenance is the trickiest part something that people not only good food but it's important to still the price of smart gardens can be tough to swallow a small model can cost $150 top models can reach nearly a $1000. this is something where you can easily right. we we estimate about a year to year and a half. he takes off and you're saving a match point life lesson

and for many it might just mean giving up your green lawn or your summer garden. >> people like green lawns. they like that aesthetic. but over time, we are seeing a lot less lawn water use than we did in the past and even since the last draft. >> reporter: he is an environmental engineering professor at uc davis. he says conserving water used for landscaping is the quickest way to save. >> it hasn't rained very much at all this year. >> reporter: and avid gardener says letting her plans wilt and i even in the name of conservation, would be painful. >> as my garden grows i want to continue harvesting vegetables, and watering my plants and it gives me a lot of joy to be in my garden working, so it would be hard to have water restrictions. >> it would serve 2 million customers until in silicon valley, once mandatory 50% cuts and is proposing measures like hitting the water of landscaping to three days a week. having people from filling their swimming pools and enforcing other water wasting measures. right now they want people to have flexibility come to choose where they sacrifice and h

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the owners are gone, but the garden continues to flourish. you know, year ago in the oh, that's the fishmonger. he's always driving past year and it always gives me a scare. it's almost enough to make me fall off the ladder. they did that, i thought i let me call, she is beautiful, but aging, it's home to japan's oldest child system, dating back to 904 and rather fitting me the traffic is directed by seniors. the old red light district is out of business. the hotel now lies in ruins, in the city of co, none. it's back to school in what's called the center for so the human resources is somewhat sterile name for a job agency, serving retirees throughout the us have tree pruning is taught by mister hammer, who is a c one along with training. the center also helps with job placement and takes care of the tax and insurance side you are. it's one of hundreds across the country, all funded by the authorities. the elderly recruits emerge as bus drivers, parking lot attendance and even garden, this little boring. well, no, i didn't know the, the older

on the outskirts of bengal, we met a man who runs a community garden. and in this age of rapid globalization, he set a lofty goal of growing and promoting traditional regional fees. let's see how he does it. the typically traditional indian meet or rise on bread. so a little bit idea of side dishes each made off a number of ingredients. but as india has been, i saw to has to be its people, eat meals, have become faster, easier and much less diverse. but many ingredients even being flown in from around the world of study, found that around a told about indians eat, come from abroad artist and god. and as a comma is the force behind movement to save in the genus food stuff. he has founded revival project called surge up with it and could just be boot to grow local and seasonal foods that have slowly disappeared from their lives. actually, the recipe has been changed where the ingredients become very less. so people, when they're made in the peak season, they'll add 15 to 20 kind of hubs and greens in one curry. now we just come to 2 or 3 types, which most

this vertical gardens has its own training facility. here, emphasis is placed on ways of saving the planet from carbon emissions and excessive energy use. people. i encourage to grow food close to hill to help cut down the use of feeling during transportation. if i can grade myself, then it's better for me to better for the environment as a whole. reduce the amount of cars on the road, the amount of carbon emissions, the amount of transport needed from the supplier to come to this market from this full market, being a hefty electricity bill in terms of power and, and refrigeration services. foot security is a major problem in kenya. produce last is often reach up to 50 percent. it's supposed to have a storage problem. an initiative called the g saw use group came up with a way to help another grow as get more value for the pot up and cut down with stage . they also pay $3.00 times more per bunch than brokers. the freshman anessa dried, crushed and processed into a fortified flower pot that fetches good prizes, which also means more mone

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on the outskirts of bengal, we met a man who runs the community garden. and in this age of rapid globalization, he set a lofty goal of growing and promoting traditional regional fees. let's see how he does it. the me typically traditional indian meet drive on bread. so with a better idea of side dishes, each made off a number of ingredients. but as india has urbanized so to has away its people eat meals have become faster, easier and much less diverse. but many ingredients even being flown in from around the world of study found that around a code of what indians eat, come from abroad? addis and god, enough to raise, comma is the force behind a movement to save in the genus food stuff he has founded on revival project called surge up with it. and could i just be boot to grow local and seasonal foods that have slowly disappeared from their lives? actually, the recipes didn't change, or the ingredients became very less. so people, when they're made in the peak season, the old adds 15 to 20 kind of hubs and greens in one curry. and i would come to 2 or 3 typ

and if there are, let's see plantation, socio lama says such market gardens could be a fruitful source of income for more families around here. that's the case. she worked for several years in italy. he saved up some money, came home and began farming began service in almost seeing that he started with eroni a berries 5 years ago. before branching out his venture is proving to be a success was in july, his product was certified as organic by an agency in germany. and that's something he's very proud of. the feel be good. we're going to go in the bottom of the book. i don't lose fertilizer. everything is just the same as up in the mountains, the bacteria and the soil about the human. they make the plant strong. as there's other than book cache doesn't need to do any marketing. customers come to him to buy his produce. he's been experimenting with a number of crops and the red love apples, for example, a very recent kelty bar with red flesh resistant to disease. so please call me it has been mia and golgi berries from china base right here to cleaners actually also sells cuttings to thos

the men who posed for this monument in saint gardens studio. we're not members of the 54th. he just hired african african-american men who? found on the streets of new york to come into a studio and pose for him. and so that gave us the idea to form an exhibition, which would try and bring the members of the 54th to life. we sought to find photographs of the actual men of the 54th to bring them out of the shadows as it were our original hope was that we might find hundreds of photographs of the soldiers of the 54th and indeed there were close to 1500 men who were members of the 54th, massachusetts regimen during the two years that it existed. alas, we were only able to find and borrow 18 photographs of men of the 54th, but that then forced us to think about expanding the exhibition. in other i think very exciting and meaningful ways to look at 1863 in a broader way and think about what sparked the formation of the 54th, massachusetts regimen to look at the other men and women who helped form it and to help support it while it was in action, and that's what we've shown in the

to the untrained eye, these vertiginous daredevils look like regular gardeners, but these guardians ofurteam need to climb up into the hard—to—reach parts of the temple to cut the tree roots and saplings, because otherwise they can quickly damage the temples by dislodging stones. for decades, the 30—member team of gardeners has daily gone into battle with the invasionary forces of nature, a surrounding jungle whose bird population regularly deposits droppings packed full of fruit seeds in gaps between temple stones and sculptures. with only a few hard hats, ladders and safety ropes, the job of protecting these magnificent temples is not for the faint of heart. it requires a firm grip, a head for heights, and the sure—footedness of a mountain goat. translation: we can't use climbing equipment or shoes and rarely use ropes, because the carvings in the stones are very delicate and are easily damaged by ropes rubbing against them. chanting. prior to the global covid—19 pandemic, the angkor park had been one of the top tourism destinations in the world, but visitor numbers have fallen drama