Great Lakes Gardener will offer a second season of gorgeous gardens and great growing tips for plant lovers from Minnesota to New York beginning in early May. The weekly, half-hour series provides advice and plant lore for gardeners in the Great Lakes region and beyond.

Produced by Milwaukee Public Television, the program features the latest horticultural information about everything from saving seeds and peony hybridization to choosing proven garden plants and a variety of other topics. The 22-part series will run into early October and resume the following May. Two winter specials also are available by request.

Produced in high definition, each episode showcases its horticultural content with clear, clean images and colorful, eye-catching graphics.  The program spends all of its time on location, visiting homes and parks as well as such famous sites as the Chicago Botanic Gardens and the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

Melinda K. Myers, an experienced television and radio personality, is host of Great Lakes Gardener. She provides gardener-friendly advice as well as leading explorations of unique garden sites and interviewing experts from related areas. 

An instructor at Milwaukee Area Technical College, Myers holds a master’s degree in horticulture and has written five books. She has earned awards from the Garden Writers of America and other national organizations for her on-air work as a gardening expert.

Information in the series fits growing seasons in the Great Lakes region, including parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York as well as Ontario and Quebec in Canada. Viewers throughout the Midwest and virtually the entire country also will be able to benefit from the content.
Major funding for Great Lakes Gardener is provided by Stein Garden and Gifts and Milorganite. Additional funding comes from McAdams Graphics.

The program is a production of Milwaukee Public Television.  Kevin F. Pulz is the producer and director.