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Discover how to take care of your body while taking care of your garden with expert gardener Madeline Hooper and personal fitness trainer Jeff Hughes. Tour gardens across America and learn gardening tips and techniques to avoid stress and injury. Distributed nationally by American Public Television.

One Vision – Two Coasts

26m 46s

Travel to an English-style garden in Washington, Connecticut, and the same gardener’s Mediterranean-style desert garden overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara, California. The gardener learns “do anywhere” exercises that help him walk tall.

Episodes

  • One Vision – Two Coasts: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    One Vision – Two Coasts

    S1 E13 - 26m 46s

    Travel to an English-style garden in Washington, Connecticut, and the same gardener’s Mediterranean-style desert garden overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara, California. The gardener learns “do anywhere” exercises that help him walk tall.

  • The Wild Wild West: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Wild Wild West

    S1 E12 - 26m 46s

    Marfa, Texas, is home to a unique desert garden created by one of the foremost experts on native plants throughout Texas and the Southwest. His daily chores take a toll on his shoulders and flexibility, which is reduced by a new stretch routine.

  • Three Sisters and a Brother: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Three Sisters and a Brother

    S1 E11 - 26m 46s

    A gardener in Carp Lake, Michigan, who heads a traditional Native American Garden, continues the work of her ancestors by planting three sister vegetables. Struggling to find time for recreation, she learns how to make her lifestyle the solution.

  • Clipped to Perfection: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Clipped to Perfection

    S1 E10 - 26m 46s

    Enjoy a topiary forest in Richmond, Massachusetts, surrounded by beautiful hedge gardens, imaginative potted-plant combinations and a dramatic stumpery. Back pain caused by endless clipping is relieved with simple turns and a new daily habit.

  • Thinking Outside the Boxwoods: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Thinking Outside the Boxwoods

    S1 E9 - 26m 46s

    An enchanting garden in Middleburg, Virginia, features a surprising combination of botanical rooms including English borders, formal gardens, and a French parterre. Find out how simple counter movements relieve rotational pain.

  • The Stable Vegetarian: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Stable Vegetarian

    S1 E8 - 26m 46s

    At an 8,000-square-foot vegetable and fruit paradise in Rancho Santa Fe, California, a vegetarian gardener’s goal is to grow all the food he wants to eat and make a lifelong fitness plan.

  • Barefoot and Fancy Free at 95: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Barefoot and Fancy Free at 95

    S1 E7 - 26m 46s

    Take a walk with an energetic 95-year-old through her charming garden in Peapack, New Jersey. Harvesting vegetables and flowers daily, she has few physical issues but gets advice to improve her sure-footedness and balance.

  • Saffron Splendor: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Saffron Splendor

    S1 E6 - 26m 46s

    Come to Kelseyville, California, and join the harvest fun at the largest saffron farm in North America, which also grows vegetables and flowers for the community. See how the gardeners get relief from back pain caused by harvesting at ground level.

  • Propagation on the Prairie: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Propagation on the Prairie

    S1 E5 - 26m 46s

    A prairie-style garden created from scratch in Fort Collins, Colorado, features carefully placed boulders, native plants, and over 200 trees and shrubs. Learn how simple exercises alleviate wrist and leg pain caused by propagation and planting.

  • Welcome to the Jungle: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Welcome to the Jungle

    S1 E4 - 26m 46s

    Tour a Miami, Florida tropical habitat surrounding a newly renovated urban office building and private residence. See how a strength training routine enables a gardener to maintain his body to achieve his life goals.

  • Bringing African Farming Home: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Bringing African Farming Home

    S1 E3 - 26m 46s

    Soul Fire Farm in Petersburg, New York focuses on food sovereignty and using African traditional techniques that respect the land. Its gardener learns to ease her foot-and-lower-back pain by paying better attention to range of motion.

  • Zen Garden: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Zen Garden

    S1 E2 - 26m 46s

    Enjoy an inspiring Japanese garden in Roxbury, Connecticut, a place for spiritual relaxation that uses the epic principles of Yin and Yang to relieve knee discomfort and promote pain-free weeding.

Extras + Features

  • GardenFit Season 1 Trailer: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    GardenFit Season 1 Trailer

    3m

    Discover how to take care of your body while taking care of your garden with expert gardener Madeline Hooper and personal fitness trainer Jeff Hughes. Tour gardens across America and learn gardening tips and techniques to avoid stress and injury.

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