Welcome to Martha Gardens, where you can spend a year in the life of Martha's idyllic Bedford farm learning to garden like she does, with monthly episodes full of tips every successful gardener needs!
Martha plans a maze for her Bedford property. Learn how to properly plant trees: measuring, staking, successful planting and fertilizing. Plus, learn about new trees you haven't heard of and how to start them from tiny inexpensive seedlings.
25 minutes
Martha shows us the Christmas tree farm on her beautiful Bedford property. Then, she shows you how to properly move an established tree. Martha gives a tour of her incredible pinetum, an arboretum of conifers. Plus, how to build a decorative cement trough planter for miniature conifers.
30 minutes
Martha shares her love of houseplants. Learn all about the most popular and sought after houseplants and how to take care of them. Plus, how to propagate your houseplants and create new plants. Martha and head gardener Ryan McCallister take cuttings of begonias and to start new plants.
30 minutes
Succulents are known for their vibrant colors, interesting textures, and often beautiful blooms. Martha shows how best to care for succulents. Martha invites friend Hannah Milman to make beautiful art forms out of your succulents like decorative wreaths and balls perfect year-round.
30 minutes
Martha shows how she has turned her vegetable harvest into a year-round bounty in her greenhouse. From spinach to celery, Martha shares her techniques for growing vegetables indoors. Martha also shows how to collect, store and sow seeds to always have something to pick. Plus, Martha's green juice.
30 minutes
Martha visits the Orchid Show at the New York Botanical Garden. This year's show includes an array of orchids designed by acclaimed artist Lily Kwong. Martha and horticulturalists show how you can care for orchids and keep them blooming for years to come. Plus, unique ways to display orchids.
30 minutes
Meet Martha's chickens! Martha's fascination with chickens started with her love of eggs. Now with over 200 chickens and 20 different breeds, Martha shares her knowledge about raising and caring for a flock. Then, learn the how-to of building a coop. Plus, Martha plants hens and chicks succulents.
30 minutes
Martha builds a brand new, half-acre raised bed vegetable garden on her farm! It's a step-by-step guide to designing, building, preparing the soil, and planting. Learn the tips and tricks to getting it right and watch your plants grow and thrive just like Martha's!
30 minutes
Everything is coming up roses on Martha's Bedford farm. Martha is creating a new garden with almost 200 roses and many different varieties. Plan, plant and prune a gorgeous rose garden that will provide blooms for years to come. Plus, learn how to make picture-perfect floral arrangements.
30 minutes
From evergreen and deciduous types, Martha's azalea grove is bursting with the last flowers of spring. Learn about the different types of azaleas. Then everything you need to know about hostas, the perfect companion underplantings. Then, it's bird migration time and Martha takes up birdwatching.
30 minutes
Martha visits her former home, Turkey Hill, where she honed her skills as a gardener. Most of Martha's original plantings and design have been tended to by the new owners. Then, back to Bedford to prepare for a garden club tour for a peek inside Martha's gardens, past and present.
30 minutes
One of the joys of gardening is planning for beautiful color all through the year. Bulbs and tubers are at the center of this show because of their beautiful blooms from spring to winter. Martha takes us through a year of planting, forcing and caring for bulbs from daffodils to paperwhites.
30 minutes
