Groundling Marsh
Groundling Marsh

Groundling Marsh

1995 4 Seasons 65 Episodes ⭐ 10.0 Kids

Groundling Marsh was a Canadian children's television series featuring puppets. The show was produced by Portfolio Film & Television Inc., Children's Television Workshop and J.A. Delmage Productions. It included songs and animated segments, and enjoyed a certain amount of success and popularity at during its time. The only merchandise produced for the show were videos and they are now exceptionally rare and no longer produced. In the United States, it aired on PBS and the Disney Channel. It received funding from the International Production Fund, formerly the Maclean Hunter Television Fund. This series premiered October 1, 1995. Groundling Marsh was nominated at the 12th Annual Gemini Awards for Best Preschool Program or Series. John Pattison was also nominated for a Gemini for the episode "Bah Hegdish". The show had its series finale on November 28, 1997. The show is still seen on Bell Media-owned educational station CTV Two Alberta in Canada.

Groundling Marsh was a Canadian children's television series featuring puppets. The show was produced by Portfolio Film & Television Inc., Children's Television Workshop and J.A. Delmage Productions. It included songs and animated segments, and enjoyed a certain amount of success and popularity at during its time. The only merchandise produced for the show were videos and they are now exceptionally rare and no longer produced. In the United States, it aired on PBS and the Disney Channel. It received funding from the International Production Fund, formerly the Maclean Hunter Television Fund. This series premiered October 1, 1995. Groundling Marsh was nominated at the 12th Annual Gemini Awards for Best Preschool Program or Series. John Pattison was also nominated for a Gemini for the episode "Bah Hegdish". The show had its series finale on November 28, 1997. The show is still seen on Bell Media-owned educational station CTV Two Alberta in Canada.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Fungus Amungus

Mud/Slinger try to earn fame by making cookies out of fungus, but they don't leave any fungus at Mossy Meadow for the sw

EP 2

The Featherbeam

In need of a friend, Galileo decides he wants a pet. He thinks he has one when a featherbeam bird enters his life.

EP 3

Big Dreams

Galileo decides he needs to explore outside the marsh. He builds a boat, ready to take off for some adventure, but the

EP 4

Truth & Consequences

Maggie decides to trick as many groundlings as she can, but some trust is lost, which proves costly.

EP 5

Maggie's Quest

Maggie craves attention. She declares to all that she will look for a flower known only in stories.

EP 6

Night and Day

Mud/Slinger comes down with a rare disorder and can't speak coherently. Hope for a cure may be thwarted unless Galileo

EP 7

Life Before Stacks

Stacks is ashamed when confronted with the fact that he is a machine. Eco eases things by telling all the ground-lings

EP 8

Heat Wave

How can the Groundlings find relief from the oppressive heat? Mud/Slinger try out a myriad of inventions, none of which

EP 9

Pot of Plenty

After Eco accidentally breaks the Pot of Plenty prior to the annual harvest meal of gratitude, she and Galileo follow th

EP 10

All for One

Eco is intent on spending time by herself while all the other groundlings seek attention.

EP 11

Flower Power

Galileo chases Maggie out of the marsh on the grounds that she doesn't serve any useful purpose. But an invasion of fas

EP 12

Them Dingling Dozy Daisies

Mud/Slinger's new invention to protect the groundlings from the drowsy effects of doy daisies leads to a potential explo

EP 13

Sticks and Stacks

Stacks feels left out because all the groundlings have been ignoring him. All that changes when Stacks suffers from amn

EP 1

Make Way for Hegdish

Hegdish, a mischief maker from out of Groundling Marsh's distant past, returns to a warm welcome by stealing the sunston

EP 2

Butterfly Day

Maggie must learn to be patient and quiet if she expects to se a butterfly for the first time. It's a tough task for Ma

EP 3

Stinky Pond Mystery

Stacks is upset when no one gives him credit for an idea of his. Thus, when a huge pollutant stinks up the marsh, Stack

EP 4

Galileo's Prank

Hegdish provokes Galileo to pull a prank involving itching powder. In the process, a patch of grass begins scratching u

EP 5

Fence Fiasco

Hegdish builds a fence around the sparkle berry bushes he thinks are his alone. He then coaxes the other groundlings to

EP 6

Come Blow Your Horn

Galileo wants to play music for the upcoming blossom festival.

EP 7

Two Be or Not to Be

Mud/Slinger bicker between themselves to such an extent that neither wants to see the other. This prompts Eco to mix a

EP 8

Tupelo Treat

Hegdish coaxes the groundlings to steal the secret recipe for a special candy. What they make together is a strange mix

EP 9

Tinkletree Trouble

Maggie thinks she has ruined a festive day when Hegdish tricks her into shaking the Tinkertree barren of its bells. Eco

EP 10

Seahunt

Mud/Slinger want to demonstrate their bravery. When Maggie and Galileo ask them to get special moss found on a remote i

EP 11

Eggs Over Easy

When Galileo discovers a duck egg, he decides to perch on it in hopes that a duck will hatch. It takes all the persiste

EP 12

Slice of Advice

Eco becomes overly concerned about the safety of the other groundlings, much to Maggie's discontent. When a tree needs

EP 13

Snow Job

Wintertime hits the marsh, much to the alarm of Mud/Slinger, who usually hibernate at this time. As they stuff their fa

EP 1

Mossy Bear

Galileo tries to elude Maggie to give up her mossy bear by making up a story about a secret club.

EP 2

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream

Galileo stays up all night and has no energy left for a midnight search for blue roses that Eco is certain will bloom.

EP 3

Reluctant Hero

When Hegdish rescues Mud/Slinger, they wait on Hegdish night and day, much to his regret.

EP 4

Over the Rainbow

Hegdish strips colours from the rainbow and tosses them around to groundlings, provoking mood swings and making Eco weak

EP 5

Mine All Mine

Mud/Slinger discover a jack-in-the-box that Maggie gave them. Hegdish coaxes Maggie to take it, turning everyone's mood

EP 6

Sproutmaster

Eco grants Galileo the role of Sproutmaster, with responsibility for gathering the sprouts before an impending hailstorm

EP 7

Maggie's Tree

Maggie's favorite tree is about to die, and Stacks predicts it will hit Eco's home when it falls. It puts two groundlin

EP 8

Maggie's Youday

On a day that she annually gets presents at sunset, Maggie wants a secret peek at what Eco is giving.

EP 9

Purple Pellet Fever

Mud/Slinger become shallow when they charge their fellow groundlings purple pebbles for everything. Intent on getting m

EP 10

Lucky Stick

Hegdish takes his stick with him to do all the jobs Galileo find dangerous. When Mud won't go into the cave to find fer

EP 11

Megaboo Gonna Get You

Hegdish makes up a fantastic story about a fictitious monster to scare the groundlings out of their recently-harvested b

EP 12

Free at Last

Stacks is overwhelmed with his new ability to roam through the marsh in a grocery cart. His mobile ways threaten to get

EP 13

Crystal Clear

Eco's grandniece, an undergroundling named Crystal, becomes Maggie's newest friend. Consequently, Galileo feels left ou

EP 1

Honey, I Shrunk the Groundlings

In this first episode co-produced for Disney Channel, Eco is accidentally shrunk when Mud/Slinger test their size-alteri

EP 2

The Amulet

The magic in Eco's amulet is stuck, and she needs Mud/Slinger's polish to release the magic. Maggie, determined to prov

EP 3

Jingle Bellies

Galileo tries to keep secret the fact that he ate all the jingle reed cookies. In desperation, the others employ Hegdis

EP 4

Bumble-Bird Blunder

Eco reveals a secret that has troubled her since childhood—which she feels is the reason she has been summoned to

EP 5

The Hegdish Who Came to Dinner

Hegdish suffers an accident and is laid up at Mud/Slinger's, expecting to be waited on all the time.

EP 6

What a Guy

Stacks is ready to go on an adventure in the name of nature.

EP 7

The Enchanted Music Box

Hegdish hears of a music box that plays wonderful music that makes everyone feel giddy. He hopes to hear this music fir

EP 8

The Other Galileo

Entering the marsh is a groundling who looks almost identical to Galileo, but he has a mean streak – more disagre

EP 9

My Hero

Stacks saves Galileo from the clutches of mischievous vines, only to get trapped himself. It's now up to Galileo to get

EP 10

A Little Bird Told Me

Maggie dencounters a bird who can talk only to her. Through that bird, Maggie discovers how special she really is. But

EP 11

Berries as Big as Your Head

Hegdish spots a vine of increasingly-large berries slithering into a cave – a cave he knows he can't navigate him

EP 12

Ooops!

Mud/Slinger believe they have done everything wrong. First, they get distracted from cleaning the wheels on Stacks's gr

EP 13

The Imaginary Friend

Galileo cannot accept the fact that Crystal's best friend is invisible.

EP 14

Catch a Falling Star

On a starry night, Galileo sees a shooting star seemingly land on the other side of the lake. He is determined to sail

EP 15

Glisten Berries & Friends

The annual glisten berry search produces a quandary. Everyone is supposed to search for glisten berries with his or her

EP 16

Treasure of the Lost Marsh

Told of the legendary gold rock that marked the source of Groundling Marsh's water, Maggie and Galileo, along with Hegdi

EP 17

Coming of Age

Crystal is put to a test that she must solve herself to prove her wisdom, but she falls prey to the advice of some other

EP 18

The Best Present of All

Maggie is upset because she cannot find an original way to show her appreciation for Eco. Everyone else takes Maggie's

EP 19

Five Leaf Clover

Mud/Slinger turn their lives amuck stumble upon a clover that grants five wishes. Each wish produces a disaster, mainly

EP 20

Mighty Maggie

Maggie accidentally provides Mud/Slinger the inspiration they need to make one of their inventions successful. Inspired

EP 21

Crystal and the Ice Wind

Crystal sets free a friendly wind that freezes everyone who comnes in contact with it. When virtually all the other gro

EP 22

Free Wally

A choir of musical flowers falls into disharmony when Hegdish steals one of the chorus.

EP 23

That's Entertainment

Hegdish is about to leave the marsh–again. His plan is thwarted when the other groundlings put on a stage show f

EP 24

Listen Up

Crystal's high-powered ears pick up only parts of conversations, leaving Maggie to conclude that she isn't appreciated.

EP 25

It's a Wonderful Marsh

Eco thinks she is unappreciated since everyone in the marsh is capable of doing jobs well. But what if Eco had not been

EP 26

Bah Hegdish

When Stacks breaks down in an attempt to start the lights for Twinkletime, Hegdish is reluctant to give away the pellets

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