"Someone's sitting in the shade today
because someone planted a tree a long time ago."
– Warren Buffet

Perennial Productions, Inc.
Since its inception in 1989, Perennial has specialized in creating original media and television that serves to bring the world's arts and cultural heritage to a broader base of awareness, appreciation and enjoyment.

Perennial conceived and produced the Emmy Award winning PBS series Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn, recognized as the most accomplished and successful garden series ever produced, shown by the world’s premiere broadcasters. The beautiful hard-cover companion book was published by Macmillan; the music soundtrack CD is by Conifer Records, London/BMG. Also for PBS, Perennial produced the award-winning primetime special In Search of Angels, narrated by Debra Winger, filmed in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome, Vatican City and Vienna, with music soundtrack CD by Windham Hill Records.
Perennial's consultancies and commissioned marketing and media initiatives primarily serve the cultural, travel and gardens categories, such as for Air France, Visit Britain, and Tourism ireland.
Perennial’s Special Event production and design work encompasses multi-media national corporate events, trade shows, product introductions, and high-profile Los Angeles cultural events, such as for the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Kodak Theatre, and the new Disney Hall.

Janis Blackschleger, Perennial’s President and Executive Producer, is a Peabody and Emmy award winning producer. She began her television career at KQED in San Francisco, which then encompassed two television channels, FM-Radio, and Focus magazine.
Her award winning Producer credits include: the Peabody Award-winning musical production of El Teatro Campesino's Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution, written and directed by Luis Valdez; Sam Shepard's Superstitions; Pavarotti in Concert; and San Francisco Opera’s Wagner's Ring, among others. She was awarded an Emmy for Technical Achievement for the first ever trimulcast: FM stereo radio broadcasts with two simultaneous, different synchronous views, each on VHF and UHF television channels. She was Executive in Charge of Production or Executive Producer for numerous specials and series, such as New York’s Master Chefs, the annual Opera in the Park and Sing-It-Yourself-Messiah live telecasts. Her earliest production credits as Unit Manager include numerous cultural and performing arts specials and several seasons of Grand Prix Tennis telecasts from Europe and America for PBS. Janis has traveled extensively for work and for pleasure, to 38 countries around the world and 44 of America's 50 states.