Nashville Public Television’s “Volunteer Gardener” Program Seeks Photos of Gardeners for a TV Promo Spot

NPT will be producing a on-air television promotion campaign for their weekly TV program series Volunteer Gardener; which will comprise of the “Garden Song,” and for the video portion lots of still photo portraits of Tennessee gardeners in their gardens. 

You can send your photos (attached JPG files) to Brian O’Neill at boneill@wnpt.org

By sending in your photo, and if it is used, you are granting Nashville Public Television permission to use your photo on air in a television promo for Volunteer Gardener.  In the subject window write : GARDEN PHOTO.

The above information is from Brian at the Volunteer Gardener on Nashville's Public Television.

I thought I'd pass along this information to all you photographers out there. I know there are lots of you! This at first glance seems an easy thing to do but really, when it comes down to photographs we mainly photograph our garden flowers don't we? Well, if you happen to have some good photographs of folks in their gardens or any garden, and the picture is big enough to be reproduced nicely, you might be interested in being on television-if your photo is selected. The above photograph is one Brian sent me as an example for what he is looking for. The promo will utilize a LOT of these stills so I believe he is looking for a lot of these types of photographs-- send yours in but be sure to follow the guidelines.

in the garden....

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Newcomers Master Gardener Course, Master Gardener Winter School & 1st Annual Lawn and Garden Show

From In the Garden

*****PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT*****

The Montgomery County Master Gardener Association (MCMGA) will be sponsoring a newcomers mini master gardener course beginning March 2. Lectures include such diverse subjects as composting, container gardening, perennials and herbs. All classes will meet each Tuesday at 7:00 pm downtown Clarksville in the United Methodist Church. The cost is only $40; which equates to about $5 per speaker-a steal! All lecturers will be local master gardeners who are volunteering to share their expertise and knowledge with you. Door prizes will be available each evening so come, make some friends. learn something new about gardening and have fun! Call Karla Kean at: (931)648-5725 for more information and to sign up. These lectures are open to everyone. There are no tests or volunteer hours involved. Even if you don't live within the local community come and sign up if you are interested in the lectures and can drive to the meetings. All gardeners and wanna be gardeners are welcomed.

From In the Garden

Speaking of meetings and master gardeners, I am only going to briefly mention the Master Gardener Winter School I attended in Murfreesboro. The hosts (Rutherford County) were most gracious and organized. The whole community pulled together to make the school fun, healthy, and wonderful for the 100+ master gardeners who showed up for the event. There were five attendees from my county (Montgomery County). Three of us are pictured above, from left to right: Terri, Julie, and myself.
There were three parts of the school and not all master gardeners attended all three parts so that is why the other two master gardeners are not shown. Julie and I attended the Tennessee Yards and Neighborhoods Done Right workshop and the educational track. We missed the leadership part of the school but I bet it was fun too. We all got lots of tips and lessons for providing service to our communities as master gardeners. It was really fun. I must say talking with the other gardeners and meeting Tennessee master gardeners from across the state (from Chattanooga to Kingsport to Memphis and everything in between) was probably the best part of the whole conference for me.

One more thing. The Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring its first Annual Lawn, Farm and Garden Show. The show will be held in Austin Peay's Red Barn located at 256 Marion Street in Clarksville from 10-8 pm on Saturday, 27 February, and from 12-8 pm on Sunday, 28 February 2010. General admission is $5 and children under 12 get in free. There will be lots of give a ways and several vendors showcasing new things....

in the garden....

We had some grackles come visit us recently. They are really pretty and unique looking birds and didn't bother the normal songbirds at the feeders. They loved those sunflower seeds.

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