First Lady Haslam to host HGTV filming at the Tennessee Residence

NASHVILLE – First Lady Crissy Haslam will host HGTV at the Tennessee Residence on Thursday to film the groundbreaking of the build-out of a kitchen and cutting garden, promoting local agriculture and farm-to-table sustainability at the state’s executive residence.
The building of the kitchen and cutting garden launches Phase II of the Tennessee Residence Foundation’s project to help renovate and restore the Tennessee Residence grounds.  HGTV will film the groundbreaking of the kitchen and cutting garden, as well as interviews with First Lady Haslam, the Tennessee Residence Chef, the project’s landscape architect, and other special guests. The garden will be featured in an upcoming special to be aired on HGTV in May 2013.

Who:     First Lady Crissy Haslam, Tennessee Residence Chef Stephen Ward, landscape architect Ben Page, HGTV staff and film crew

What:    HGTV filming at the Tennessee Residence

When:      9:45 a.m. CDT, Thursday, March 14, 2013

Where:  The Tennessee Executive Residence, 882 S. Curtiswood Ln., Nashville

** Due to security procedures at the Tennessee Residence, we ask that all media RSVP for this event to Amanda.Kerns@tn.gov or (615) 741-7846.**