 
| | A History of Elm Court
Bob Vila meets with Bob Berle at Elm Court in the Berkshire Hills. Berle‘s great-great grandparents, Vanderbilt-Sloanes, had the home built in 1886. I...
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| | Backfilling the Basement Foundation System and Installing the Deck Supports
At the modular home site in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts Bob meets with Michael Shiels to discuss the backfilling of the Superior Walls bas...
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| | Brooklyn Botanical Garden Tour
Bob travels to New York City to take a break from winter in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, a museum greenhouse on a much larger scale.
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| | Budget Landscaping
Bob meets with landscape designer Ruth Foster to discuss the foundation plantings. Ruth explains her material choices and cost saving measures. A latt...
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| | Building a Brick Barbeque
Bob and a contractor rebuild the homeowner’s brick barbeque using common brick and mortar.
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| | Building a Gravel Drive and Planting Shrubs
Bob discusses the new gravel drive and shrub plantings with landscaper Susan Hoffer.
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| | Building a Pergola and Gate
Bob confers with contractor/carpenter Cortney Lofton as he builds a gate and pergola at the Studio City Bungalow.
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| | Building a Privacy Fence
Bob reviews the progress the Western Red Cedar custom fence designed to block the carport from the neighbors view at his home in Cambridge, Massachuse...
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| | Building a Redwood Deck and a Redwood-Cedar Fence
Bob helps Ryley build a redwood deck. Bob emphasizes the use of stainless steel nails when working with redwood due to the wood's acidity. Then, Danny...
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| | Building Planter Boxes
Bob Ryley is in the garage workshop in this episode helping Bob build a planter box for the sunroom. Using a compass to draw intersecting circles, Ryl...
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| | Burpee Trial Gardens Tour
Bob visits the Burpee Trial Gardens in Ambler, Pa. with George Ball, Burpee president and CEO. George explains the objectives of a "trial" garden and ...
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| | Celebrating on the Completed Patio and Lanai
Bob gives us a final tour of the new lanai and spa. The unique banana leaf shape of the patio posed several contruction challenges, but the final prod...
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| | Courtyard Design Tour
Bob and the designer tour the new formal courtyard. They discuss the future of the plants shapes and how they will provide privacy to guests as well a...
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| | Creating a Tropical Sinkhole Garden
Bob meets with landscape architect Juan Capote to discuss planting a feature garden. Several of the larger plants have been brought in and a tropical ...
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| | Cultured Stone® Rear Facade on Modular Home
Bob takes a closer look at the area under the rear deck of the modular home. The grade of the hill allows for a full height wall of Cultured Southern ...
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| | Designing an Elizabethan Garden and Naturalistic Landscaping
Bob rejoins Ruth Foster on site to tour the landscape work in progress and see how the design has come to life. Foster outlines the major landscape fe...
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| | Discussing Swimming Pool Design
Bob discusses the swimming pool with the architect.
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| | Discussing the Home's Exterior
Bob talks to Ryley about a fence and a brick path and to landscaper Susan Hoffer about a perennial and herb garden.
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| | Discussing the Home's Landscaping and Hardscaping
Bob discusses the landscaping of a home with Kevin Kalman, general contractor of I'On, and Josh Garvin a Low Country landscape contractor.
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| | Discussing the Landscape Design
Bob talks with landscape architect David Raphael of Landworks about his approach to the project. David's objective was to work within the context of t...
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| | Discussing the Landscape Plan
Bob meets with landscaper Ed Capote to discuss the plans for the yard. Ed has designed a lush tropical feel accenting the views from within the house.
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| | Discussing the Plantings on the Property
Bob joins Tom Strangfeld of Weston Nurseries and landscape architect Kristian Fenderson to walk the property and discuss the planting selected for the...
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| | Discussing the Zen Garden Design
Bob meets with Donanld Young for a tour of the home's Zen garden. Donald discusses the plant choices and lighting requirements in a garden this size. ...
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| | Discussion of the Northern White Cedar Picket Fence
Bob meets with Dave Gordon from Cantarten Forest Products to discuss the design and installation of a northern white cedar picket fence. Larry Goddard...
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| | Excavation for a New Waterline
Bob meets with Dick of John Hawley Inc. to watch the excavation for the installation of a new waterline and discuss the details of the process.
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| | Exterior Tour of the Greystone
Bob tours the finished exterior with contractor Ron Gan, then goes inside to see Christine Smyth's spectacular decorating job.
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| | Fighting Carpenter Ants and Repairing the Porch
House six of the Elmwood project. The porch rebuild continues with decking, bases for columns and the columns themselves.
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| | Final Tour of the Restored and Furnished Porch
House five of the Elmwood project. Bob tours the finished project and discusses the new porch. Better grading and gutters have been added to prevent f...
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| | Final Tour of the Restored Victorian Front Porch and Garden
House six of the Elmwood project. A final overview of the finished porch project.
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| | Final Tour of the Tropical Themed Home
For the final show here in the Miami suburb of Kendall, Bob gives us the grand tour of the new kitchen with the happy homeowner. We see how the tropic...
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| | Framing Begins on the Miami Home
Bob frames an exotic partition wall made to resemble a banana leaf in a Miami kitchen renovation. He also pours concrete to patch a floor with contrac...
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| | Garden Irrigation System Installation
Jack Walters from Just Irrigation is on site putting in a RainBird sprinkler system. Bob catches up with him as he is at work in the Elizabethan-style...
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| | Garden Nursery Visit
Bob visits Weston Wholesale Nursery with landscape architect Clara Bachelor.
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| | Indiana University Greenhouse Tour
Bob interviews Don Burton from Indiana University as he tours a 1955 state-of-the-art greenhouse. He then tours a modern state-of-the-art greenhouse u...
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| | Innovative Septic System Installation
Bob meets with Tom Florence to install the Flo-Well Polyvinylehelene septic system. The tank is much lighter than concrete systems, costs about 20% le...
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| | Installing a Brick Walkway
House six of the Elmwood project. The brick walkway goes in and the railings are replicated by Forester Moulding.
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| | Installing a Maintenance Free Vinyl Picket Fence
Bob meets Todd Skulksy of Perfection Fence as he installs the classic New England-style vinyl picket fence. This product has a wood look and is made o...
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| | Installing a Retaining Wall
Bob talks with Mike Nasti of All Island Supply as the crew installs the Allen block retaining wall for the backyard terrace.
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| | Installing a Sod Lawn
Bob meets with landscape architect Juan Capote to discuss the installation of a sod lawn. Juan discusses the initial grading and sod types used in thi...
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| | Installing a Wood Kitchen Countertop
Bob and Cortney install a counter around a new apron front Kolher sink. The counter is set atop the sink, scribed and marked, and then cut to fit. Las...
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| | Installing Bluestone Pavers on the Terrace
Bob meets with Mark Marini of Schumacher Landscaping to discuss the installation of the bluestone pavers on the lower terrace. Bob helps lay several o...
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| | Installing the Leach Field and Chambers for the Infiltrator Septic System
Bob is joined by Carl Thompson of Infiltrator Systems as the new leach field and Infiltrator chambers are laid out. The main drain from the house, the...
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| | Lamp Making, Landscaping and Patio Fireplace
The final tour of the I'On project covers custom lamp making and landscaping.
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| | Land Conservation and Scientific Farming at Billings Farm
Bob visits the Billings Farm, home of Frederick Billings, one of the fathers of the land conservation movement in the United States, and takes a tour ...
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| | Landscape Design
Bob meets with landscape architects Rick & Nancy Lamb to discuss the existing landscape. In addition, arborist Charley Cummings trims some Hemlock tre...
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| | Landscape Design
Bob talks with landscape architect Clara Bachelor about the condition of the yard and the final landscape design.
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| | Landscape Design With a New Fence
Bob discusses landscaping with Joanne Smallwood, landscape architect. A new wooden fence is also installed.
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| | Landscape Plans
Landscape architects Rick & Nancy Lamb discuss their landscaping plans. Rick outlines the drawn proposal and explains the various benefits of the chos...
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| | Landscape Tour of the Cracker Cottage
Bob tours the finished cracker cottage, beginning with a landscape tour of the finished lawn and garden.
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| | Landscaping for Energy Efficiency
Landscape designer Ruth Foster explains her selection of plant material and flowering shrubs for the backyard and directs the planting of a Sephora Ja...
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| | Landscaping in the Falmouth Affordable Housing Development
Bob joins John Druley at another of the Quaker Homes that is nearly completed and ready for landscaping. This home is virtually the same as the first-...
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| | Landscaping Plan
Bob discusses the existing landscape with landscape architect Juan Capote and what Juan plans to do to improve it.
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| | Landscaping Plans
Bob talks with horticulturist Ruth Foster about landscaping for the barn. Ruth explains a few techniques used to assist in drainage and weed control. ...
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| | Landscaping the Naples, Florida Property
Bob meets with John Wall, landscape contractor, about removing existing plant material.
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| | Landscaping the Plymouth House
Bob discusses landscape with John Sears, landscape contractor.
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| | Landscaping, Front Column Installation and Installing a Home Security System
House eight of the Elmwood project. Landscaping add the finishing touch for the front porch. The final touches to the front porch columns are done and...
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| | Laying Down a Cobblestone Driveway Apron
Bob joins Jay Seminara of Seminara Construction who is in the process of laying down a new cobblestone apron at the edge of the driveway. The apron se...
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| | Making Cedar Lattice for a Trellis
Bob is working with Ryley to make cedar trellis panels. The cedar is rough on one side and dressed on the other. They are laminating two pieces of ced...
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| | Manufacturing Fencing
Bob visits Fred Goode's Brattle Works workshop to see how the fencing is manufactured. Everything is made from Western Red Cedar. The rough lumber is ...
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| | Naumkeag Garden Tour
Bob returns to the Stockbridge, Massachusetts, landmark home Naumkeag for a tour of the elaborate gardens.
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| | Painting Cedar Shingles and Yellow Pine Shutters; Landscaping and Hardscaping
House nine of the Elmwood project. The finishing touches are done on the front porch with a Sherwin Williams latex paint on the exterior and new yello...
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| | Patio Furniture on the Miami Condo
The Miami condo is completed with the last touches to the balcony patio. David Southard, the project supervisor, created a free-standing bench of spru...
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| | Patio Landscaping for Sun and Shade
Ruth Foster is on hand again to install a new tree for the cabin's backyard. The tree is set on the south west side of the house to protect the proper...
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| | Picket Fence Installation
Jay Triandafilou and a crew from Architectural Fence are on location to install the exterior fence in this episode. The fence is a square spindle orna...
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| | Plant Shopping with Martha Stewart
The homeowner gets some professional help shopping for plants at Haskell's Nursery from Martha Stewart, who comes back to the site to transform the gr...
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| | Planting a Shrub
Bob, landscape architect Clara Bachelor, and contractor Bob Marzilli show how to plant a balled and burlapped shrub.
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| | Planting Palm Trees in the Courtyard
Bob discusses planting palm trees in the courtyard of house. The landscaper brings in five large fully-grown Queen Palms. The plan is to hide some of ...
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| | Planting Trees and Shrubs in the Front Yard
Bob talks with Janet Cox landscape contractor about plant installation. Janet discusses the unique problems of urban landscaping and the plant choices...
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| | Plymouth House Grand Tour
The house is finally finished, and Bob takes us on the grand tour. First we tour the exterior; and see the finished landscape, the paint, the gutters,...
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| | Preparing a Building Site and Pouring Foundation
Bob and Ryley survey the lot and discuss "perc" testing. As it turns out, the soil on the lot is ideal for the required septic system. Bob then begins...
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| | Preparing the Site for the Construction of Eleven Homes
Bob meets Bob Bevilacqua at the River Hill site in Mashpee, Massachusetts, where Bevilacqua and his crew have undertaken a mammoth job of earth moving...
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| | Recreating a Colonial Garden
Bob and landscape designer Ruth Foster tour Mahoney's Garden Center, a local nursery, to discuss the elements of the project house's landscape plan. F...
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| | Retaining Wall Construction
Bob meets up with landscape mason Hector Santos who is building a dried laid stone retaining wall. He is using Corinthian granite from Champlain Stone...
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| | Review of the Landscaping Design
Bob takes a tour of the completed landscaping in this episode. Landscape designer Ruth Foster has created a Colonial-themed design. Foster chose to ke...
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| | Review of the Post-and-Beam Barn
This is the final visit to the post-and-beam barn project, for a grand tour and a review of some of the great features installed over the last thirtee...
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| | Reviewing the Landscape Design
Bob discusses landscape of the governor's mansion with contractor Sam Daniel.
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| | Revisions to the Landscaping Plan
Bob talks with Rick Lamb, landscape architect, about revisions to the landscape plan. Rick discusses the importance of choosing plants for all seasons...
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| | Salvage Yard Tour
Bob goes to Chicago's South Side to tour the Salvage One architectural warehouse with Anne Steinweddel. He explores several of the unique pieces that ...
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| | Selecting Flowers for the Garden
Bob continues his tour of the exterior with landscape designer Ruth Foster. In the Elizabethan-inspired garden in the front of the house she explains ...
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| | Shrub Planting Techniques
Landscape designer Ruth Foster gives a quick "how-to" on planting techniques using the shrubs for the Elizabethan-inspired garden as examples. A shrub...
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| | Splitting Granite for the Retaining Wall
Hector shows Bob how to split a piece of granite that is too large and heavy to use in the wall. Using a hammer drill he drills a series of 4 holes ab...
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| | Stone Patio, Landscaping, and Outdoor Lighting
Bob meets with landscape designer Ruth Foster, about her plan for a stone patio, a hot tub, and outdoor lighting. Low voltage outdoor lighting is also...
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| | Tour of Barnacle House in Dade County
Bob takes a tour of The Barnacle House, one of the first homes built in Dade County, to see how early settlers built to deal with the heat.
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| | Tour of Fairsted, Frederick Law Olmstead's Home
We visit Fairsted, the Brookline, Mass., home of Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect responsible for most of this country's great public pa...
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| | Tour of Historic Homes in Richmond and Agecroft Hall
Bob continues his tour of Richmond's historic homes, this time looking at Agecroft Hall and its luxurious gardens overlooking the James River.
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| | Tour of I'On Architecture
The neighborhood of I'On is built around a myriad of architectural styles and designs. Bob shows us some of these variations throughout the neighborho...
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| | Tour of Middleton Place
Bob visits Middleton Place, a plantation garden outside Charleston, South Carolina.
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| | Tour of the Biltmore Hotel in Miami
We take a tour of a remarkable concrete building that's survived some of Miami's worst hurricanes: the majestic Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables.
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| | Tour of the Colonial Revival Home
We wind up at the 1930s Colonial Revival home of Tracy and Linda Gallagher, where we meet the architect and contractor they've enlisted to help them i...
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| | Tour of the Gardens at The Mount
Bob ties the look of the stone lower façade of the Berkshire’s modular home to The Mount, famed author Edith Wharton’s home. Bob take a visit to Whar...
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| | Tour of the Glen Magna Farm
Bob visits the Glen Magna Farm in Danvers, Massachusetts, with Kathy Gianoulos from the Danvers Historical Society. Owned by the Endicott family since...
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| | Tour of the Greenhouse with Martha Stewart
Bob, Martha, and Diana look at plants in the new greenhouse. Martha describes the choices and placement of the various plants. A wide selection pots a...
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| | Tour of the Home Layout
Bob discusses the layout of the house and its past modifications, including a new kitchen, dining, and entertainment areas.
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| | Tour of the Home's Remodeled Exterior
Bob takes a tour of the homes' exterior noting the attention to detail. The crowned gates are complete and a locking latch has been added to secure th...
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| | Tour of the Mansion's Exterior and Landscaping
Bob tours the exterior of the Virginia governor's mansion with Sam Daniel then joins John Paul Hanbury, along with interior designer Barbara Page to r...
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| | Tour of Vermont Organic Farm
Bob visits with farmers Steve and Kerry and learns more about the agrarian way of life at the Cedar Mountain Farm at the Cobb Hill co-housing site. St...
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| | Tour of William Randolph Hearst's Spanish Monastery
Bob takes a tour of a William Randolph Hearst treasure: the Ancient Spanish Monastery, which was transported stone by stone from Spain.
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| | Touring a Japanese Garden
Bob takes us on a tour of the Japanese Garden at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens to get some ideas for the Zen garden our homeowners will...
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| | Touring the Landscaping and Meeting Pamela Anderson
In his grand finale here in Malibu Beach, Bob take us on a tour of the tiled courtyard with palms and fountain. We get a surprise visit from "Home Imp...
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| | Touring Vizcaya in Miami
Bob visits Vizcaya, a remarkable Italian Renaissance-style "palace" with formal gardens situated in Miami. Industrialist James Deering spent an amazin...
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| | Tree Planting Around the Patio
Bob meets with Mark Marini to discuss implementation of the landscaping plans and plant a Thunder Clod Plum tree in the bluestone terrace. Bob talks t...
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| | Trellis and Lattice Fencing
Fred Goode of Brattle Works joins Bob in the backyard to look at the trellis and lattice fencing that will provide screening and a backdrop for a shru...
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| | Victorian House Landscaping
Bob discusses landscaping and the stone terrace with Ruth Foster, landscape consultant. They stand in the diamond shaped courtyard with a series of di...
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| | Virginia House Tour
Bob takes a tour of Virginia House. Once an English abbey, this historic home was shipped to Richmond stone by stone in the 1920s.
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| | William Gibbes House Garden Tour
Bob returns to the William Gibbes House in Charleston, South Carolina, to tour the one-acre garden of this grand Georgian mansion.
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