February 23, 2023, Austin PBS’ Central Texas Gardener: An on-tour segment featured Lori Najvar and Glen Chappell’s cliffside oasis in overlooking Barton Creek. I worked with Lori and Glen to design and install this project, softening rugged edges with native plants, attracting wildlife, and tackling erosion, slope, dry shade and armadillo pressure. For a partial plant list and my tips on improving clay soil, visit CTG’s blog post, “Dry Creek Hillside Design: Clay Soil and Shade.”


April 19, 2019, Austin PBS' Central Texas Gardener: In the segment "Dry Creek Do’s and Don’ts," I explain best practices and DIY tips for creating a naturalistic and functional dry creek to direct rainwater runoff in the landscape.


September 22, 2018, Austin PBS’ Central Texas Gardener: Two segments about saving and planting seeds. How do you harvest seeds, and when’s the right time to do it? What is the best way to store seeds? How do you prepare seeds for planting? Find out below.

See also my Hothouse podcast episode with Colleen about seed saving and the Central Texas Seed Library.


October 18, 2017, Austin PBS’ Central Texas Gardener: Architect Sandy Stone's wildlife-friendly homestead was featured in an on-tour segment. I worked with Sandy to create serene "garden rooms" under the shade of majestic live oaks in South Austin.  


February 18, 2017, Central Texas Gardener: On a segment called “Garden Rehab,” I gave tips on how to renovate overgrown, overrun, and overplanted gardens. 

November 25, 2016, The Austin Chronicle. In the paper’s holiday gift guide, I named my favorite local nurseries and shops for finding plants, tools, and garden-related gifts. 

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October 22, 2016, Time Warner Cable News’ Garden Journeys with Colleen Dieter: In a segment on cut flower gardening, I gave a rundown on growing roses, annuals, and perennials for flower arrangements. 


July 9, 2016, Central Texas Gardener: In an on-tour segment called "Small Space Design," I gave a tour of my balcony and patio gardens at home. More details and photos in the show blog here


August 2, 2014, KXAN's "Weekend Gardener with John Dromgoole": While working at the Natural Gardener, I was interviewed about building a topiary dinosaur, the “Melonsaurus,” on the nursery grounds.