>> WELCOME TO "LOUISVILLE LIFE, COMING TO YOU FROM OUR MAIN STREET STUDIO.

I'M YOUR HOST CANDYCE CLIFFT.

A WINERY IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE AND AN HISTORIC BEER BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE?

WELL, YES, AND YES.

TWO UNLIKELY PARTNERS ARE RAISING SPIRITS UNDER ONE ROOF ON TENTH STREET.

EVEN SHARING THE SAME TASTING ROOM.

JOIN US AS WE TOUR OLD 502 WINERY AND FALLS CITY BREWING COMPANY.

>> WE'RE IN AN OLD BUILDING DATING BACK TO THE 1870s, OUR PRODUCTION FACILITY RIGHT NEXT DOOR WHERE WE ACTUALLY MAKE THE WINE, IS A LITTLE BIT NEWER BUILDING, BUT, ALL ATTACHED, FALL CITY BEER IS ON OTHER SIDE OF THAT AND WE'RE ALL NESTLED DOWN HERE TOGETHER.

>> FALL CITY BREWING COMPANY, ORIGINALLY WE HAD A LOCATION ON BARRETT AVENUE.

BUT, WHEN THE OWNERS OF OLD 502 BECAME THE CO-OWNER, IT MADE SENSE TO MOVE ALL OF THE PRODUCTION HERE.

SO, WE HAVE A REALLY UNIQUE THING TO OFFER LOUISVILLE THAT WE HAVE A FUNCTIONING WINERY AN A FUNCTIONING BREWERY ON SITE WHICH I BELIEVE IS FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY.

SO, IT GIVES US SOMETHING REALL UNIQUE TO OFFER PEOPLE WHEN THE COME TO OUR TASTING ROOM AND, SEE A BREWERY.

>> >> WE'RE A LITTLE IRREVERENT.

HELP US TO STAND OUT IN THE MARKETPLACE AND IT IS A NICE INDICATION OF KIND OF WHO WE ARE.

WE JUST LIKE TO DO IT A LITTLE STRANGELY DOWN HERE AND WE'RE I URBAN WINERY WHICH IS QUITE UNUSUAL.

PARTICULARLY UNUSUAL IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY.

WE MAKE FUN OF THAT FACT A LITTLE BIT THAT WE'RE NOT IN A BEAUTIFUL IDYLLIC VINEYARD.

WE'RE DOWN HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN OF LOUISVILLE.

AND, MAKE WINE HERE EVERY DAY.

IT IS DOABLE.

WE STILL BUY FROM THOSE BEAUTIFUL VINEYARDS.

THEY JUST DON'T HAPPEN TO BE ON SITE.

IF WE BUY KENTUCKY GRAPES, WE DON'T TEND TO BUY VARIETIALS THAT PEOPLE OF GROW WELL IN CALIFORNIA, WE TRY TO BUY VARIETIALS THAT FOLKS GROW WELL IN KENTUCKY.

MY FEELING IS THAT, ULTIMATELY, KENTUCKY WINES WILL GET KNOWN FOR THINGS THAT GROW WELL HERE, NOT JUICE OR GRAPES THAT WE SOURCE FROM OTHER STATES.

SO, WE TRY TO DO AS MUCH OF THA AS POSSIBLE AND BUILD SEVERAL O OUR WINES AROUND THAT.

>> FALL CITY BREWING COMPANY STARTED IN LOUISVILLE IN 1905.

THEY DID A BERLINER EARLY 1900s.

SO THEY WERE DOING VERY INTERESTING BEERS THAT A BREWER PRODUCED TODAY WOULD BE CONSIDERED A VERY CRAFT EXCENTRIC BRAND.

SO THIS THEY GREW TO NEARLY HAL A MILLION BARREL PRODUCTION A YEAR WHICH IS A STAGGERING AROUND OF VOLUME BUT THEY WERE THE LARGEST REGIONAL BREWERY, AND THEY ACTUALLY MADE IT THROUGH PROHIBITION.

BUT WHEN THEY CAME OUT THE OTHE SIDE, THEY BEGAN TO DO LESS FLAVORED BEERS AND JUST DID NOT DO AS GOOD OF A JOB COMPETING AGAINST SOME OF THE LARGER BREWERIES, AND, FAMED OF SORTS THE LAST EFFORT THEY HAD WAS THEY PRODUCED BILLY BEER.

IT JUST DID NOT PAN OUT THE WAY THAT THEY REALLY NEEDED IT TO.

SO, THEY MOVED THE BRAND TO EVANSVILLE AT ONE POINT AND I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS ALSO LOCATE IN CINCINNATI AT ANOTHER POINT.

BASICALLY, THEY MADE IT RIGHT U TO 2000, THAT'S WHERE WE PICKED IT UP IN 2009, 2010.

YOU'LL HEAR PEOPLE SAY THAT I DID NOT KNOW THAT FALL CITY WAS BACK IN LOUISVILLE.

THAT'S WHY, OUR HOMAGE TO THE BEER THAT FALL CITY WAS PRODUCING.

I WISH THAT WE COULD FIND THE EXACT RECIPE BUT THAT COULD BE CLOSE REPRESENTATION BUT THEN W HAVE FOR MY GENERATION, IPAs ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF CRAFT BEER, SO WE CAN KIND OF HIT BOTH GENERATIONS WITH TWO BEERS THAT WAY.

>> RIGHT NOW WE'VE PRODUCED AT FIJI TIME PROBABLY ABOUT NINE WINES.

WE REALLY HAVE NOT ADDED AS MAN AS I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

BUT THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE HAVE A HARD TIME KEEPING UP WIT WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

WE SHARE A TASTING ROOM HERE WITH FALL CITY BEER.

WE HAVE A FAIR NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT GO ON FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT AS MUCH AS ANYTHING, WE JUS WANT TO HAVE A CENTRAL LOCATION WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME, LEARN A BIT ABOUT OUR PRODUCT, MAYBE TOUR THE FACILITY WHERE WE ACTUALLY MAKE IT.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF EXPANSION THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

ACTUALLY WE DOUBLED THE PRODUCTION CAPACITY, AND WE'RE PUTTING THAT IN RIGHT NOW.

SO, ONCE WE DO THAT IT WILL ALS HELP EXPAND THOSE OFFERINGS, I THINK THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT AND GO FORWARD.

>> OLD 502 WINERY AND FALL CITY BREWING PLAN ON CREATING ADDITIONAL CONCOCTIONS FOR THE WINE LOVER AND BEER ENTHUSIAST ALIKE WHILE HOSTING SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE JOINT TASTING ROOM.

TO LEARN MORE, SIMPLY LINK FROM OUR SITE KET.ORG/LOULIFE.

>>> IN 1975, MARY LOUISE SCHROD OPENED AN ART STUDIO IN St.

MATTHEWS.

LOPEZ AN ACCOMPLISHED PAINTER SHE INSTILLED HER LOVE FROM THE MEDIUM TO HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS.

NOW, 40 YEARS LATER MARKRY'S DAUGHTER CONTINUED HER LEGACY.

THE SCHRODT ART STUDIO ON DUTCHMAN'S LANE IS A PLACE WHER FLYNN CAN LEARN HOW TO CREATE A MASTERPIECE.

>> >> IT IS MORE THAN JUST A PLACE TO COME AND PAINT.

IT IS A COMMUNITY.

MY MOTHER WAS MARY LOUISE SCHRODT.

AND IT WAS GOOD WAYS TO DESCRIB MY MOTHER, SHE WAS LARGER THAN LIFE REALLY.

SHE'S BEST KNOWN LOCALLY FOR HE COLLECTION OF St.

MATTHEWS SERIES PAINTINGS.

THERE ARE 32 PAINTINGS OF St.

MATTHEWS STORE FRONTS CAPTURED IN MID-1980s.

AND THEN, NATIONALLY, SHE HAS A SERIES OF TRUMP LLOYD PAINTINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN ASPEN, AND NEW YORK, AND CINCINNATI.

HER FAVORITE WAS ALWAYS STUDIO AND TEACHING STUDENTS.

SHE STARTED OUT WITH TWO CLASSE IN EACH CLASS AND IT HAS GROWN TO WHAT IT IS TODAY.

SHE LOVED THE STUDIO.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO STAY HER SPIRIT IS STILL ALIVE HERE AND WETANT IT AND JOKE ABOUT IT A LOT SO IT IS GOING TO GET LIGHTER AS IT GOES AWAY.

WE CALL OURSELVES THE FULL-SERVICE STUDIO AND THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN THE STUDENTS COME, IN WE ALREADY HAVE THEIR PALATE SET OUT FOR THEM.

THEIR PAINTS AND SUPPLIES AND CANVASSES ARE HOUSED HERE SO AL THEY NEED DO IS SIT DOWN AND START PAINTING.

OIL PAINTING IS PROBABLY THE EASIEST IN MY OPINION.

WATER COLOR IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE ON A WATER COLOR, YOU RIP IT UP.

THE OIL PAINTING WE HAVE A SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T RUIN AN OIL PAINTING.

NOBODY HAS DONE IT YET.

IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, COVER IT UP, SO IT IS A VERY FOR GIVING MEDIUM.

I SIGNED UP FOR SCHRODT, AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

I'M IN MY NINTH YEAR HERE AND WENT FROM NEVER, PICKING APP BUSH, TO TAKING ON PAINT THANKS I NEVER COULD HAVE DREAMED THAT I COULD ACCOMPLISH.

>> THE COMPLEMENTARY COLOR IS PURPLE.

>> THEY MAKE IT EASY BECAUSE IT IS A BEGINNER'S KIT WITH BRUSHE AND THE PAINTS THAT YOU NEEDS T START.

AND ALL THE BASICS AND EVERYBOD STARTS AT THE SAME NO MATTER WHAT THE EXPERIENCE THEY ALL START WITH THE SAME METHOD AND IT IS PROVEED TO BE VITAL TO AL OF MY PAINING, NO MATTER HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN PAINTING BECAUSE WE GO BACK TO THE SAME BASICS, MATCHING THE COLOR, ITS LATING THE COLORS TO GET THEM JUST RIGHT.

LEARNING TO TRAIN YOUR EYE, MAYBE TO SEE THAT GRASS IS NOT ALWAYS GREEN OR SNOW IS NOT ALWAYS WHITE.

SO ALL THOSE METHODS THEY TEACH MAKE IT SO SIMPLE AND EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT PICKED UP A BRUSH, YOU CAN DEFINITELY BE PAINTING AND HAVE A CANVASS DONE IN SEVERAL WEEK.

MOST OF THE STUDENTS THAT COME HERE TO ME HAVE NEVER PICK UP A BRUSH.

THEY ARE BEGINNING STUDENTS AND THIS IS THE REALLY GOOD PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BEGIN BECAUSE, AGAIN WE TEACH THE BASICS.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO THROW SOMEBODY UP AT THE CANVASS' FACE.

THERE IS YOUR, YOU KNOW, THERE IS YOUR CANVASS, GO EXPRESS YOURSELF.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT COLOR MIXING AND TALK ABOUT PAINT APPLICATIONS.

AND, IT IS A VERY STEP BY STEP PROCESS.

SO, ESPECIALLY, WHEN SOMEONE IS FIRST STARTING OUT THEY GET QUITE A BIT OF ONE ON ONE HERE.

I WANT TO GET THAT WET.

ZUNE SOME OF THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN HERE 15, 20, 30 YEAR, AND, I ALWAYS EXPLAIN TO THEM, EVERYBODY STARTS THE SAME WAY.

SO, YEAH, EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO START WITH THE FIRS CANVASS AND WORK THEIR WAY UP.

I WAS ALWAYS INVOLVED WITH ART.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GROW UP, I THINK, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS LABELE THE CLASS ARTIST AND I WAS THE CLASS ARTIST.

BUT, I THINK THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT, FOURTH, FIFTH GRADE, ONE PERSON IS DETERMINED TO BE THE CLASS ARTIST AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS NOT.

AND, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK WHEN THEY GET OLDER THEY CAN'T PAINT OR DRAW AND IT IS SIMPLY UNTRUE.

>> YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE ON THE EASEL NEXT TO YOU AND THE OTHER ONE WHO PAINTED 30 YEARS AND YO NOT ONLY GAIN FROM THE METHODS THEY TEACH BUT YOU LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF THE OTHER PAINTERS AROUND YOU AND YOU CAN SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH THE NEW PAINTERS.

AND YOU BECOME, OVER THE YEARS YOU BECOME A COMMUNITY.

NOT ONLY ARE YOU GET YOUR CREATIVE OUTLET BUT IT IS A SOCIAL OUTLET YOU AND BECOME A FAMILY HERE.

>> I THINK THE LONGEVITY OF THE STUDIO IS INCREDIBLE.

THE FACT WE HAVE BEEN HERE 40 YEAR, LAYERS AND LAYERS OF IT AND I THIS I THAT, WHAT REALLY STANDS APART ABOUT SCHRODT ART STUDIO IS THAT WE HAVE A VERY PRACTICAL TEACHING METHOD.

AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING THROW SOMEBODY UP AT THE EASE.

WE'LL TEACH THEM ABOUT COLOR MIXING AND TEACH THEM ABOUT HOW TO APPLY THE PAINT PROKER PROPERLY AND IT IS -- I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO SUCCESSFUL IS WE HAVE THIS STEP BY STEP PROCESS, IT IS EASY FOR PEOPLE TO GO SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY COME IN.

>> IT IS INCREDIBLE TO SEE SOMEBODY WHO NEVER PICKED APP BRUSH BEFORE COME IN AND PAINT SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY REALLY A GREAT PAINTING, AND, THE PRID AND REALIZATION THAT I CAN DO THIS.

IT IS INREBEL AND REWARDING.

>> IT IS INCREDIBLE AND REWARDING.

>> JUDY BEGAN TEACHING WITH HER MOM AT THE STUDIO IN THE 1990s TAKING OVER OWNERSHIP WHEN HER MOTHER DIED IN 2001.

SCHRODT ART STUDIO HAS FOUR SESSIONS ANNUALLY, EACH LASTING 12 WEEKS.

STUDENT, STUDENTS CAN BEGIN THEIR INSTRUCTION ANY WEEK, YEA ROUND.

>>> LOUISVILLE'S SOUTHERN EXPOSITION FEATURED ART FROM COLLECTIONS OF RICH AMERICANS LIKE JP MORGAN AND JOHN JACOB AST OF.

SET WERE YOU FIND ST.

JAMES COURT IN CENTRAL PARK, THE FIVE--YEAR-OLD WORDS FAIR WAS PRIMARILY FOCUSED NOT ON ART BU MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY.

A VIEW NOW OF THE EXPOSITION IN THIS WEEK'S THROWBACK LOUISVILLE.

>> INITIALLY PITCHED AS A COTTO EXPOSITION, LOUISVILLE'S SOUTHERN EXPOSITION REFOCUSED O MANUFACTURING AND COMMERCE AFTE LANT THAT CLAIMED COTTON FOR IT OWN FAIR.

PRESIDENT CHESTER ARTHUR OPENED THE EX-EXPOSITION IN THE 1883 WITH ADULTS PAYING 50 CENTS FOR ADMISSION.

MORE THAN 700,000 ATTENDED IN THE FIRST 88 DAYS, INSPIRE INSPIRING EVEN PLANNERS TO KEEP THE EXPO OPEN FROM AUGUST TO OCTOBER FOR FIVE YEARS.

THE MAIN BUILDING COVERED 12 ACRES AND FEATURED FORMER LOUISVILLE RESIDENT THOMAS EDISON'S ELECTRIC LIGHTING.

THE LARGEST ELECTRIFY OCCASION AT THE TIME WHICH ALLOWED THE SOUTHERN TO BE THE FIRST EXPOSITION WITH NIGHTTIME HOURS BIG ENOUGH TO MERIT ITS OWN POS OFFICE, AND POLICE STATION, THE EXPOSITION ALSO BOASTED THE LARGEST SINGLE DISPLAY OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY EVER.

THE ADJACENT PARK FEATURED A MUSIC STAND, RESTAURANTS, AND A SHOOTING GALLERY AND VISITORS TOOK IN CONCERTS, LECTURES AND WEEKLY FIREWORKS DISPLAYS.

THE EXPOSITION ENDED IN 1887, AND THE SITE WAS CLEARED FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

>> THE SOUTHERN EXPOSITION STARTED AS AN IDEA AND THEN A COMMUNITY GROUP TOOK ON THE TAS OF MAKING IT HAPPEN.

DIFFERENT CENTURIES, A NEW GROU AND A NEW IDEA BRING BOTANICAL GARDENS TO LOUISVILLE'S WATERFRONT.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT PROJEC AND MORE IS BOTANICA BOARD MEMBER BOB HILL.

WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU.

GREAT TO BE HERE.

>> TELL ME HOW THE IDEA GOT ITS START.

>> ACTUALLY IT IS AN INTERESTIN SITE.

BACK IN THE EARLY 1900s, THE AREA WAS A GARDEN TO BE WAS CALLED THE POINT, LOUISVILLE HISTORY, AND PEOPLE CAME FROM NEW ORLEANS TO GET AWAY FROM TH HEAT IN THE SUMMERTIME.

BUT COME THE '37 FLOOD, THE LAN WAS PUSHED BACK DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS AND MADE A LANDFILL OUT OF IT AND SAT THERE UNTIL 1960, AND THEN BOTANICA WAS FORMED INITIALLY AROUND 1993.

IT WAS JUST LOCAL GARDEN GROUPS COMING TOGETHER, TO BRING IN SPEAKERS.

IT WAS A LIMITED MISSION AND IN 2001, A WOMAN NAMED HELEN HARRY GRAN LEFT US LIKE $1.4 MILLION ANSWER AS AN ENDOW MR.

PRESIDEN AND THAT'S WHERE IT BEGAN.

>> I DIDN'T REALIZE THE IDEA DATED BACK THAT FAR.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT PLANS FOR BOTANICA.

>> A WE HIRED THEM ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

VERY CONSCIENTIOUS.

BROUGHT IN EXPERTS AND GARDENS AND WE WANTED IN PUT ON WHAT TH COMMUNITIEN WANTED AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE -- IT IS GOING TO BE A AT STORY AVENUE AND RIVER ROAD A23 ACRE SITE THE OLD LANDFILL.

THE PARKING WILL BE ACROSS STOR AVE.

NEW AND THAT IT SELF WILL BE LANDSCAPED AND BE FUN.

YOU WALK ACROSS AND UP TO THE SLOPE TO THE VISITOR'S CENTER AND THE VISITOR'S CENTER WILL HAVE A ROOF OVER THE TOP FROM WHICH YOU CAN SEE DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE.

YOU CAN WATCH THE SUNSET OVER LOUISVILLE.

STRETCHES TO OTHER END.

SO IT GOES FROM BARE GRASS CREE TO THE VISITORS CENTER.

ALL SORTS OF GR DENSE.

IT IS AN URBAN MISSION HERE TO HELP URBAN KIDS LEARN MORE ABOU GARDENING.

>> WHAT KIND OF THINGS DO YOU THINK THESE GARDENS WILL OFFER TO OUR AREA THAT WE ARE REALLY MISSING RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, FOR ONE THING, IT WILL BE A CONSERVATORY.

A PLACE TO GO IN THE WINTER.

YOU KNOW, GARDENERS NEED SOMETHING EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR SOMEHOW.

SO THEY CAN GO IN THERE AND SEE PLANTS AND IN THE CAN CONSERVATORY.

AS I MENTIONED, EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT.

WE WANT TO BRING IN LOCAL KIDS, FROM ALL OVER LOUISVILLE, URBAN KIDS, TEACHING THEM ABOUT GARDENING SO GO AND BRING THE CHILD AND PLAY THERE AND WE'LL HAVE LIKE BIG SEED PODS AND THE CAN CRAWL INSIDE THE SEED OF PODS AND HANG THEM UP FROM TREE AND HAVE THEM LIT UP AT NIGHT.

>> NEAT.

>> A LOT OF FUN LIKE THAT.

>> HOW CAN PEOPLE WATCHING THIS HELP WITH THE IN ADDITION.

>> WE'RE LANDSCAPING THE FACADE THE BIG FACADE THAT USED TO BE ON THE RIVER THEM MOVED IT TO STORY AVENUE.

AND WE HAVE THE DEDICATED GARDENERS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO DO THAT.

AND A COUPLE OF TIME AS MONTH W GO IN THERE AND WEED THAT AND PLANT NEW PLANTS AND THINGS LIK THAT.

SO, JUST CONTACT US ON OUR WEBSITE, AND, SIGN UP TO DO THAT.

>> YOU'RE A PERSON OF MANY HATS >> YES, I AM.

>> PEOPLE WATCHING THIS KNOW THAT AND YOU'RE A CO-OWNER OF HIDDEN, HILL, NURSERY IN INDIANA.

WHAT NEW AT HIDDEN HILL?

>> EVERYTHING.

WE'RE IN THE 40TH YEAR OF A FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

SO I HAVE TEN OR 12 SEPARATE GARDENS MYSELF.

I DO A LOT OF LOCAL ART AND ARTISTS.

WE HAVE A G-SCALE GARDENER SCAL TRAIN, WORKING ON THE THREE ACR FIELD IN THE BACK AND PUTTING WILDFLOWERS THERE.

A LOT OF PONDS, A LOT OF WALKIN AREAS, PATHWAYS AND GET LOST OU THERE.

SO, IT IS JUST A GREAT -- 8 MILES FROM DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE AND COMING TO THE EAST END BRIDGE I'LL BE LIKE FIVE MINUTE FROM PROSPECT.

SO IT IS GOING BE A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALLGAME.

>> YOU HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN RESEARCHING THE PARK LANDS.

>> RIGHT.

>> IN OUR AREA.

AND WRITING A HISTORY FOR THE PARKLAND PROJECT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT THE NEW PARKLAND PROJECT IS OFFERING FO OUR CITY?

>> SIMPLY GREATEST PARKS PROJECTS IN THE COUNTRY.

IT IS A 20 MILE PARK STRETCHING FROM SHELBYVILLE TO BARDSTOWN ROAD.

AND THEY RAISED 125 MILLION DOLLARS, DAN JONES HAS BEEN THE HEAD OF IT AND DAVID JONES CERTAINLY HELPED A LOT TOO.

IT IS A PHENOMENAL PROJECT AND OFFERS THINGS FOR THE KIDS, OFFERS WALKING, HIKING, BIKING, FISHING, CANOEING, AND GETTING AWAY FROM THINGS.

THEY'LL HAVE CLASSES AND LANDSCAPE, BUILDING A NEW WILDFLOWER GARDEN AND BRINGING IN MAN NAMED RICK FROM THE EAST COAST TO DO THAT.

IT IS JUST GOING TO OFFER EVERYTHING AND FROM THE EAST EN TO FERN CREEK.

>> MANY PEOPLE KNOW YOU FROM YOUR MANY YEARS OF WRITING A COLUMN IN THE COURIER JOURNAL.

DO YOU MISS HAVING THAT WRITING OUTLET?

DO YOU MISS HAVING A COLUMN THAT'S ARE YOU ISN'T.

>> DEPENDS ON WHAT THE NEWS IS.

[ LAUGHTER ] YOU KNOW.

THERE'S SOMETIMES THAT I WANT T TAKE A SHOT AGAIN.

AND I MISS THAT.

MOSTLY I HAVE MOVED ON TOKER OF THINGS.

I WRITE HISTORIES AND I HAVE WRITTEN 30 OR 40 STORIESABLE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE LAND THAT BECAME THE PARK.

ONE FAMILY NAMED OSTEITER,13 KIDS RAISED UP IN THE PARKLANDS IRONICALLY IT IS WHERE THE CHILDREN'S PARK IS.

I ENJOY THAT, AND, JUST THE HISTORY OF PEOPLE GOING BACK TO DANIEL BOONE'S BROTHER.

HE OWNED PROPERTY AT THE SOUTHERN SOUTHERN END OF THE PARK.

I MISS THE COLUMN WRITING ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT I REALLY HAVE MOVED ON.

THE PARKLANDS AND BOTANICA, I HAVE HIDDEN HILL AND A THREE LEGGED HORTICULTURAL STOOL I'M SITTING ON.

AND WE TRAVEL, MY WIFE IS HEALTHY AND HAPPY.

THE KIDS ARE DOING GREAT.

NOT REALLY.

>> PLENTY GOING ON.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TO SHARE ALL OF IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND BACK IN THE EARLY 1920s, DOZENS OF FARMS DOTTED THE St.

MATTHEWS AREA.

IF A FARMER NEEDED A PIG, A CHICKEN, SEED OR FERTILIZER, Mr.

WEAVER'S St.

MATTHEWS FEED AND SEED WITH U.S.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD STORE.

TODAY THE STORE IS STILL AROUND WITH NO LIVESTOCK, BUT PLENTY O OF PRODUCTS THAT KEEP CUSTOMERS COMING BACK.

>> >> IT IS A VERY UNIQUE COMPLETE GARDEN CENTER.

WE TRY TO HAVE THINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T.

HAVE WE HAVE SEEDS, BULK SEEDS, PACKAGED SEEDS, GRASS SEEDS, BULK AND PACKAGED, FLOWERS.

YOU CAN BUY ABOUT ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT YEAR ROUND WE DO HAVE HOUSE PLANTS.

LOTS OF POTS CONTAINERS, AND WE HAVE A HUGE ORGANIC SECTION, CHEMICALS.

IT IS A COMPLETE GARDEN CENTER.

IT STARTED ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS IN St.

MATTHEWS AND THE EARLY '40s MOVED UP HERE WHERE IT IS TODAY.

OPERATED OUT OF THE BACK OF Mr.

WEAVER'S HOME.

AND THEN, HE SORT OF BOUGHT UP PROPERTY, AND ADDED TO THE BUILDING.

AND THERE WAS A LAWN MOWER REPAIR SHOP.

THEY SOLD GOATS AND PIGS AND CHICKENS AND IT WAS A FARM CENTER.

IT WAS A FEED AND SEED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FARM TERRITORY.

IT IS AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WALKING UP AND DOWN THE STREET, AND THERE ARE SO MANY SHOPS IN THE SQUARE AND THROUGHOUT St.

MATTHEWS, AND THE BIG RESTAURANT AND BAR SCENE.

AND WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST OH, I WAS DROPPING BY TO DO THI ... AND THEY STOP IN.

>> I'M THE HE'D SEEDSMAN, STORE MANAGER KIND OF THING.

WE'VE GOT A FUEL LINE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS AND WE DO STRAWBERRIES AND ONIONS, POTATOES.

BULK GARDEN SEEDS.

FERTILIZER.

A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, SOIL, COMPOST, MANURE, TRY TO CARRY EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN NEED FOR YOUR GARDEN NEEDS.

>> IT IS KIND OF AN OLD FASHIONED WAY TO BUY VEGETABLE SEEDS.

IT DOESN'T REALLY HAPPEN ANYMOR THAT YOU CAN WALK IN SOMEWHERE AND SAY, HEY, I NEED A TABLESPOON OR AN OUNCE OF LETTUCE SEEDS, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS, AND, WE TRY TO GET YOU THE BEST ANSWER POSSIBLE, AND UNIVERSITY PROVEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS INSTEAD OF JUST, YOU KNOW, TELL WERE YOU OUR PRODUCT SAT ON THE SHELF.

WE TRY TO KNOW THAT PRODUCT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY THINK THEY CAN JUST GO OUT AND TO BROADCAS THEIR SEED AND MAGICALLY, COMES UP.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO IT.

>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR GRASS SEED WILL BE TO DISTURB THAT SOIL ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN.

IT IS KIND OF LIKE IF YOU PUT A MARBLE IN YOUR HAND YOU DROP TH MARBLE AND WITH YOUR HAND FLAT LIKE THAT THE MARBLE COMES OFF REALLY EASY BUT DISTURB THAT SOIL, IT IS KIND OF SITS LIKE THIS AND THEN MARBLE WILL PLACE THE SET, AND ALSO ACT AS AN INCUBATOR SO THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT KEY IS SEED TO SOIL CONTACT.

>> THE BIRD AREA IS HUGE.

PEOPLE ARE REALLY INTO BIRDING.

SO WE HAVE ALL OF THE FEED THAT YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE, SOME OF OUR OWN BLENDS THAT WE HAVE CREATED.

AND, BIRD HOUSES, AND BIRD FEEDERS JUST SOMETHING DIFFEREN BIRD BATHS,.

>> WE ALSO DO A FULL LINE, ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 16 FOOT CHRISTMAS TREES, I BELIEVE, ARE THE LARGEST ONES AND WE ALSO OFFER A HOME DELIVERY SERVICE WHERE WE'LL SEND THE GROUP OF GUYS OUT, AND WE'LL PUT STAND O AND BRING IT IN HOUSE AND THEN WE ALSO DO A REMOVAL SERVICE TOO.

>> I TRY TO STAY TWO STEPS AHEA OF THE BOX.

HAVE THINGS THAT ARE APPROPRIAT FOR OUR AREA, FOR OUR SEASON, AND LOOK AT THE CONSENT.

HE -- LOOK AT THE CONTENT.

ALL OF OUR SEEDS ARE NON-GMO, W DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE MASS PRODUCED THINGS.

TRY NOT TO BUY THE SAME THING TWO YEARS IN A ROW FOR POTS OR CONTAINERS SO THAT, YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FRESH.

YOU JUST TRY TO DO THINGS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR OUR AREA, AND, FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

>> THERE ARE CERTAIN STORES THA YOU CAN GO IN AND PEOPLE WORK THERE THEY CAN TELL YOU, WHERE SOMETHING IS AT.

BUT, WHEN YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION, AND PEOPLE KNOW THE ANSWERS, IS WHY WE GET A LOT OF OF BUSINESS HERE.

>> WHEN DO I KILL THE WEED.

I'M READY FOR TOMATOES IN FEBRUARY.

NO, YOU'RE NOT.

BUT, A LOT OF HO HOW-TOs.

PEOPLE I THINK ARE, WE HAVE A VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF.

SO I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE MORE COMFORTABLE ASKING US, HOW DO YOU DO THINGS?

WHAT IS THE BEST THING TO PLANT AND FIRST THING I SAY IS HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF?

HOW ARE YOU SUNNY, SHADY AREAS.

TELL ME A POLITICAL ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO BEFORE I GIVE YOU MY SPIE SO WE TRY TO FIND OUT ABOUT OUR CUSTOMERS AND KNOW WHAT THEY LIKE.

AND GO FROM THERE.

>> VEGETABLE GARDENING, IT IS HUGE.

IT IS AMAZING WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING NOW.

THEY WANT GOOD FRESH PRODUCE, THEY WANT THEIR OWN HERBS, ALL THE TIME NOT JUST IN THE SUMMERTIME.

THEY WANT TO BRING THEM IN AND THEY WANT TO KEEP THEM AND LEAR HOW TO DRY THEM OR FREEZE THEM OR DO SOMETHING.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TOMAT PLANTS WE SELL.

IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 60 OR SO I HAVEN'T KEPT TRACK OF IT FOR WHILE, VARIETY OFS OF TOMATO PLANTS AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE HEIR LOOM.

>> IT IS A HAPPY PLACE TO B EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN HERE, THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING THEY LIKE TO DO SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH NIP IN A DOWN MOOD, EVERYONE IS ALWAYS UPBEAT AND LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THEY ENJO WHICH MAKES IT A POSITIVE PLACE TO BE.

>> DO WHAT YOU LIKE.

SEE WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD.

THAT'S WHAT GARDENING IS ALL ABOUT.

>> >> HOPEFULLY YOU FOLLOWED THIS ADVICE: MARYANN ECHOED WHAT NEARLY EVER GARDEN PROFESSIONAL IN LOUISVILLE SAYS.

DO NOT PLANT TOMATOES UNTIL DERBY DAY.

>>> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

ON THE NEXT "LOUISVILLE LIFE WE'LL TAKE YOU CAVING TO A LOCA UNDERGROUND DESTINATION WITH CONNECTIONS TO DANIEL BOONE.

WE FIND AN HISTORIC WAIL TO WRA UP OUR SEASON-LONG OLMSTEAD SERIES.

IT IS THE 100 MILE CYCLING TRAI AROUND THE CITY.

WE'LL UPDATE THE PROGRESS OF TH LOUISVILLE LOOP AND ARE YOU CRAVING A CUP OF?

WE'LL HEAD TO LE GRANGE FOR SOM WORLD-CLASS TEA.

SEE YOU THEN!