FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Pam Slay, 818-755-2480 March 16, 2011 [email protected] ‘MELROSE PLACE’ AND ‘90210’ STAR ROB ESTES STARS IN ‘EDGE OF THE GARDEN’ A HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE WORLD PREMIERE MAY 14 Sarah Manninen, Kelly Monaco And David Lewis Also Star Rob Estes (“Melrose Place,” “90210”) finds true love blooms in the strangest ways when he ventures to the “Edge of the Garden,” a Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere, premiering Saturday, May 14 (9 p.m. ET/PT, 8C). Estes stars alongside Sarah Manninen (“The Line”), Kelly Monaco (“General Hospital”) and David Lewis (“Harper’s Island”) as a lonely workaholic whose life will never be the same after he finds out he is sharing his garden bench with a ghost. In “Edge of the Garden,” Brian (Estes), a job-obsessed corporate man whose fiancée (Monaco) has just walked out on him gets a lesson in love and loss when he buys a charming but rundown old cottage in the countryside of Maine. Brian soon figures out he isn’t so alone when strange things start happening: lights mysteriously flicker, voices echo through the halls, and, strangest of all, fresh bouquets of flowers appear around the house when the garden outside is neglected. Curious, Brian wanders down the garden path and finds the spirit of Nora (Manninen), a beautiful woman who is quite literally living in the past! While Brian looks around and sees nothing but weeds, Nora sees a beautiful, blooming garden—just how it was when she lived in the house in the 1960s. Realizing they are living in the same house, fifty years apart, Nora and Brian form a special friendship. Can one man change a whole town’s history in a single moment? Brian Conner is about to find out. “Edge of the Garden” is an Edge of the Garden Production. Jack Grossbart, Michael M. Scott and Harvey Kahn are the executive producers. Harvey Kahn is also the producer. Michael M. Scott directed from a script by Duane Poole. (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL/ ‘EDGE OF THE GARDEN’ – Lead Sheet –Page 2 Hallmark Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., is a 24-hour basic cable network that provides a diverse slate of high-quality entertainment programming available in high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) to a national audience of 87.5 million subscribers. The top tier program service is distributed through more than 5,450 cable systems and communities as well as direct-to-home satellite services across the country. Hallmark Channel is the nation's leading network in quality family programming with an ambitious slate of original TV movies, lifestyle and general entertainment content, and is the home of "The Martha Stewart Show", which anchors the channel's new daytime HOME block. Hallmark Channel's sibling network is Hallmark Movie Channel, also available in HD and SD, which focuses on the family-friendly movies with a mix of classic theatrical films, presentations from the acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame library, original Hallmark Channel movies and special events. For more information, please visit www.HallmarkChannelPress.com Become a fan of Hallmark Channel on Facebook and Twitter --HALLMARK CHANNEL-- .