GardenDC Podcast Episode 211: Gardening Meets Hollywood

In this episode, we talk with Heather Wheatley, Marketing Specialist with Proven Winners (https://www.provenwinners.com) , about Hollywood's portrayal of gardening. The plant profile is on Autumn Daffodils and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events and this week's garden tasks in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on Concord Grapes from Christy Page of Green Prints (https://greenprints.com/) . BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/support. If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to: ~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 96: Women in Horticulture https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2022/03/gardendc-podcast-episode-96-women-in.html ~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 171: Murder in the Garden https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/10/gardendc-podcast-episode-171-murder-in.html SHOW NOTES: 01:09 - Welcome returning guest Heather Wheatley, Marketing Specialist with Proven Winners 01:27 - Heather shares what she’s been up to since last time she appeared on GardenDC 03:31 - Heather talks about Proven Winners’ newest line of house plants, LeafJoy 04:42 - Kathy and Heather discuss plants and gardening depictions in Hollywood 07:12 - Fake flowers in Wedding Crashers (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396269/) 10:16 - The perfect vegetables in It’s Complicated (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1230414/) 13:31 - The gardens of The Secret Garden (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108071/) 15:14 - Kathy and Heather talk about This Beautiful Fantastic (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4560008/) 19:22 - The prisoners’ greenthumbs in Greenfingers (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203540/) 22:24 - Peter Sellers as Chance the gardener in Being There (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078841/) 24:18 - Potato growing and fertilizing in The Martian (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/) 27:16 - A female landscape gardener constructs a grand garden at Versailles in A Little Chaos (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2639254/) 33:38 - The mysterious rose in V for Vendetta (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434409/) 36:45 - Little Edie and her Grey Gardens (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073076/) 39:45 - An alien man-eating plant in Little Shop of Horrors (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091419/) 42:18 - Cordyceps fungi in The Last of Us (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3581920/) 45:23 - Spoiler alert! The trees are killing us in The Happening (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0949731/) 48:09 - Video games like Plants vs. Zombies (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1991154/) 50:37 - The plant-based world of Avatar (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/) 51:42 - Gen Z imprints on The Last Rainforest (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104254/) 52:38 - Neglectful garden writer parents of Coraline (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327597/) 54:08 - Almost correct herbalism in Practical Magic (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120791/) 57:05 - Where to contact Heather? Hwheatley@provenwinners.com 59:06 - Autumn daffodil is the plant profile subject 1:00:40 - What’s new in the garden this week? Oak trees are shedding acorns and hardy mums starting to bloom 1:00:56 - September 2024 issue of Washington Gardener is out! 1:01:32 - Garden tips of the week: indoor plant tips, looking out for overwintering egg sacs of lanternfly, and more 1:02:32 - Upcoming local gardening events: Weed Wrangle, A Night on the Farm, Loudon County Fall Farm Tour 1:04:11 - Those Concord Grapes by Emma Rose 1:06:26 - Thank you for listening! Become a supporter We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/message Note that we may use these messages on a future episode. And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite podcast platform plus share us on social media with #GardenDC, so other gardeners can find us too! Episode Credits: Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz Interview Edit and Show Notes: Zachary Intrater Music: Let the Sunshine by James Mulvany Recorded on 9-21-2024. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/support