Volunteer Gardener is streaming now
Watch the PBS feature online, then come see the straw bale garden in person during the June 19–20, 2026 Ag & Arts Tour at Forevermore Farm.
Watch the episode
Featured on Volunteer GardenerThe episode is online now.
PBS has posted the Forevermore Farm feature online. You can watch it now, then catch the remaining broadcast airings or come see the garden in person during Ag & Arts Tour weekend.
Watch the PBS episode →Nashville PBS debut
Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Nashville PBS repeat
Sunday, May 3, 2026 at 9:30 AM
WCTE Cookeville
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
WKNO Memphis
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
WTCI Chattanooga
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM
West TN PBS
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM and Sunday, May 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The full episode is online.
Watch Volunteer Gardener 3417 on PBS now. The episode description: “Straw bale farming of fruits and vegetables; growing citrus in marginal zones.”
Volunteer Gardener spotlighted the straw bale garden visitors can come see in person during Ag & Arts Tour weekend.
If the episode sends you here, good. The next move is simple: come walk the straw bale garden for yourself.
Next stop
See it in person →The straw bale garden is the real thing, not a set piece.
The garden featured on Volunteer Gardener is the same straw bale garden growing at Forevermore Farm. Concetta teaches the method, works it, and keeps learning from it season after season.
She is a certified Straw Bale Gardening instructor trained under Joel Karsten, so when visitors come out, they are seeing a method with deep roots and real results.
June 19–20, 2026, come see why PBS came out.
Forevermore Farm is a tour stop for the 2026 Ag & Arts Tour. If you want the best version of this story, it is not just on a screen. It is walking the garden, seeing the sunflower fields, and stepping into the rhythm of the farm for yourself.
The straw bale garden will be front and center, and there will be a flea market under the tent all weekend.
Worth seeing up close
- → The straw bale garden featured on Volunteer Gardener
- → Sunflower fields in season
- → Heritage animals and a working off-grid, solar-powered farm
- → The flea market under the tent during Ag & Arts Tour
Confirmed so far.
These are the confirmed names so far for the Ag & Arts Tour weekend at Forevermore Farm. More vendors are still being finalized.
Confirmed vendor
Papa K Joe’s BBQ
Confirmed for the Ag & Arts Tour weekend.
Confirmed vendor
Twin Creek Woodworks
Confirmed for the Ag & Arts Tour weekend.
Confirmed vendor
Rustic Roots
Confirmed for the Ag & Arts Tour weekend.
Confirmed vendor
The Old Country Church Stead
Confirmed for the Ag & Arts Tour weekend.
Confirmed vendor
Sourdough by Katerina
Confirmed for the Ag & Arts Tour weekend.
Still coming together
Plus other vendors still being finalized
Come ready to spend a little time here.
Forevermore Farm sits at 302 Hickory Trace, Lyles, TN 37098. The Ag & Arts Tour weekend is the best built-in chance to watch the story on PBS, then come stand in the middle of it yourself a few weeks later.
Expect the straw bale garden, sunflower fields, heritage animals, and the flea market under the tent. It is a working farm, so give yourself room to slow down and take it in.
Forevermore Farm
302 Hickory Trace
Lyles, TN 37098
Helpful links
Why this episode matters.
Volunteer Gardener is putting a real spotlight on the straw bale garden at Forevermore Farm and on the method Concetta has spent years teaching and refining.
It matters because this is not trend-chasing garden content. It is practical growing knowledge, taught by a certified instructor, lived out on an off-grid, solar-powered Tennessee farm.
Nashville PBS was here filming at the farm.
Nashville PBS on-site at Forevermore Farm during filming for the Volunteer Gardener straw bale garden episode.
A little context, without turning this into a history lesson.
The main story right now is Volunteer Gardener. If you want a little more background after that, here are the useful links.