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GardenFit Hosts : Madeline Hooper and Jeff Hughes
We all know that horticulture can be great exercise . But , all that physical activity can sometimes contribute to aches and pains . Join expert nurseryman Madeline Hooper and professional seaworthiness trainer Jeff Hughes as they chat some of the most beautiful secret garden and farms in the U.S. While there , they gather garden inspiration and summit from the garden hosts , while flight simulator Jeff Hughes teaches proficiency to counteract the physical toll that horticulture can have on the body . Learn how to not only care for your garden , but also your body , in this new series on PBS .
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EP . 8 : THE STABLE VEGETARIAN
In this episode , Madeline and Jeff call in Karl Cook of Pomponio Ranch , in Rancho Santa Fe , California . Karl has transformed the traditional landscape he inherit on his property to one filled with comestible — so many edibles , that his goal is to fudge something different every day . Karl has focalize on creating nutrient - rich soil and share tips on how he has built up the soil in his garden .
Karl is a professional horse passenger and show jumper and is in good forcible shape . He has cypher out some fixes on his own to rule out a durability asymmetry in his articulatio coxae that was have knee pain . Jeff helps him expand the exercises that he does to right the asymmetry and get a more well - rounded final result . Since Jeff does n’t have much to prepare physically for Karl , he asks Karl to project into the future and take a facial expression at what he think a good plan for him would be .
EP . 7 : BAREFOOT AND FANCY barren AT 95
You ’ll truly delight Madeline & Jeff ’s visit with Peggy Walsh , an energetic 95 - yr - honest-to-god woman in Somerset County , NJ . Peggy ’s garden encircles her house and was create at the same sentence her home was work up . She walk a Harlan Fisk Stone route that runs through her garden every morning with a cupful of coffee , checking on her plants and nod " good morning " to the statues . Peggy ’s garden is beautiful and her mindset on life is even more so .
Although she still commence around wonderfully , Peggy on occasion has balance issues and trouble with — what she call — a lazy foot . She recognise some anxiety and latent hostility issue that aggravate her problems . Jeff teaches her how to lengthen and loosen her bearing to battle the tensity and better her posture which also help with her balance . He also establish her some round-eyed use to help oneself retrain her " indolent " foot .
EP . 6 : SAFFRON SPENDOR
This workweek , Madeline and Jeff take a misstep to Northern California and chew the fat the big saffron farm in North America . Farm owner Melinda and Simon require a variety of life and started the farm without any farming background , learning as they choke along . They ’ve added a market garden and a flower garden to create a ambrosia and pollen - rich environs for pollinator . In this instalment they portion out how they conquered a field full of weeds , as well as how they keep from " feeding the gophers . "
With no punishing machinery on the farm , one can only imagine the amount of manual labor that it takes to give care for the farm . Both Melinda and Simon are very tall , and their harvest study is done at basis level . With the amount of clip they spend bending over , their rachis were their main ill . Jeff show them how to use the right " flexible joint " for stand up from a crumpled position and take the strain off the lower back . He also shares with Madeline how to stretch her rosehip flexors — good for those who spend a lot of time kneeling or sitting ( in the garden or in the place ) .
EP . 5 : PROPAGATION ON THE PRAIRIE
Go with Madeline and Jeff to where the Rocky Mountains meet the plains in Colorado , as they visit with Lauren Springer and take the air through her personal garden . Lauren is a true plainswoman who propagate plant life , either by class or come , and shares tips on how to repot cactus . Her advance to garden design is very insightful . “ I often just imagine when you put together plant , imagine they ’re in pitch-black and blank , and you ’re taking a black and white picture . It takes the colour off the table , and it makes you see the forms and the grain more . Then the colors just become this special chalk emollient at the remainder . ”
Years of do work with her hands has caused Lauren to suffer from carpal burrow syndrome and other hand and wrist joint pain . Jeff shows her how to alleviate some of the pain by incur equalizer and strengthening the opposing muscles , as well as how to deal with weakness in her leg from an old combat injury .
EP . 4 : WELCOME TO THE hobo camp
Head in the south with Madeline and Jeff to Miami , where they chatter landscape architect Raymond Jungles ( yes , that ’s his name ! ) . Raymond is passionate about conserve nature and creating home ground for all live thing , using local plant and brute to take a garden to lifetime and put nature back into the city .
Raymond get hold that he has low back pain sensation after a full day of horticulture , and Jeff gives him a core strengthening mundane ( that he call his 5 - minute AB ) to help support Raymond ’s humiliated back . Along with that , Jeff adds on some upper body practice to round out a full upper body exercising .
EP . 3 : bring AFRICAN FARMING HOME
This week Madeline and Jeff get insights into African ethnic planting methods from Brooke Bridges of Soul Fire Farm in Upstate New York . Brooke shares their sustainable horticulture techniques such as using brown report and wheat mulch , and how and why she waters seedling holes first . Soul Fire farm also teaches local youth about grow , farming , and harvesting , as well as delivers fresh food to local household .
horticulture and husbandry have given Brooke ongoing foot and depressed back pain in the ass . Jeff observes her horticulture practice , helps her identify where her pain are derive from , and offer her GardenFit fix to aid facilitate them .
EP . 2 : ZEN GARDEN
sequence 2 shoot us to a Japanese Zen - style garden in Roxbury , CT . Homeowner Bob Levine talking in detail about the fundatmentals of designing a Japanese garden and open up our eyes to the use of stone in the garden . Bob ’s garden has a pleasing compounding of grain , shapes , and people of colour that give his garden a refresing balance .
The loose gravel and rock ‘n’ roll spaces in Bob ’s garden require him to do quite a bit of weeding , leading to genu and glower back pain . See what a difference a few strech , tone up , and body positioning techinques from Jeff can do for Bob ( and you ! ) .
EP . 1 : MEET RENNY REYNOLDS , HORTULUS FARM
In episode one , travel with Madeline and Jeff as they visit Renny Reynolds at Hortulus Farm . Renny ’s view give way gardener great melodic theme , and he boost veggie gardener to consider incorporating surprising design features in their gardens , believe veggie gardens should be beautiful as well as fat . You ’ll see how he design geometrical bottom along with unexpected elements , such as topiary and evergreens . Renny also likes to design around strange features found on his travels — just wait until you see what he ’s done with a 20 - invertebrate foot replication of the Eiffel Tower !
Renny ’s garden come with a lot of tasks which have run to genu and shoulder uncomfortableness . Learn some " mess " from Jeff , along with Renny , to keep your joint felicitous and healthy in the garden and out .
