Luther Burbank Home and Gardens

Rebecca Baker gave a tour of horticulturalist Luther Burbank’s home and gardens. Burbank developed more than 800 varieties of plants, includ… read more

Rebecca Baker gave a tour of horticulturalist Luther Burbank’s home and gardens. Burbank developed more than 800 varieties of plants, including the Russet potato. Ms. Baker showed the home and greenhouse and spoke about a meeting that took place at the home between Mr. Burbank, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford.

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2015 LCV Cities Tour” in Santa Rosa, California, from September 12-17 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Comcast Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2. close

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Luther Burbank Home and Gardens

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Program ID:
328272-1
Category:
Vignette
Format:
Tour
Location:
Santa Rosa, California, United States
First Aired:
Oct 03, 2015 | 6:49pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:
Oct 10, 2015 | 11:42am EDT | C-SPAN 3

Airing Details

  • Oct 03, 2015 | 6:49pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Oct 04, 2015 | 2:51am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Oct 04, 2015 | 2:25pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Oct 05, 2015 | 6:26am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Oct 10, 2015 | 11:42am EDT | C-SPAN 3
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