Ask This Old House

E28 | Rethinking a Garden | Ask This Old House

Not all landscape projects require starting from scratch. Many times, working with plants already there can make a huge impact. In this special episode, Jenn Nawada uses an historic landscape design from a protege of Frederick Law Olmsted to transform a yard. She updates a landscape by moving around, dividing, and pruning current plants in the yard. Finally, she designs a secret garden.

E28 | Rethinking a Garden | Ask This Old House

23m 42s

  • E19 | Radiant Floor, Cable Railings | Ask This Old House: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    E19 | Radiant Floor, Cable Railings | Ask This Old House

    S22 E19 - 23m 42s

    Richard Trethewey shares his appreciation for modern plumbing, then helps a homeowner with an all-electric heating system retrofit a radiant floor system under their bathroom; Nathan Gilbert shares connection options and maintenance for cable railings; Jenn Nawada shares changes to the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone map and how to use the information to select the best plants for a landscape.

  • E18 | Shade Sod, Rocky Canyon Rustic | Ask This Old House: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    E18 | Shade Sod, Rocky Canyon Rustic | Ask This Old House

    S22 E18 - 23m 42s

    Lee Gilliam helps a homeowner figure out why grass doesn't grow in his backyard before installing a shade-tolerant species of sod; Ross Trethewey talks through converting houses' heating and cooling systems to heat pumps; Kevin O'Connor meets maker Sarah Nadarajah, the creator of Rocky Canyon Rustic, to learn about her content before building a replica high-end side table.

  • E28 | Rethinking a Garden | Ask This Old House: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    E28 | Rethinking a Garden | Ask This Old House

    S19 E28 - 23m 42s

    Not all landscape projects require starting from scratch. Many times, working with plants already there can make a huge impact. In this special episode, Jenn Nawada uses an historic landscape design from a protege of Frederick Law Olmsted to transform a yard. She updates a landscape by moving around, dividing, and pruning current plants in the yard. Finally, she designs a secret garden.

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