June 11, 2019 Garden Journal, National Corn on the Cob Day, John Constable, Julia Margaret Cameron, Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Love Peacock, The A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants by Christopher Brickell, Chamomile, and ET

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Here's another idea for your garden journal:

Flip to the back and save two pages.

On one page, write "Successes," and on the other "Failures."

In the garden, we learn equally from both.

Botanical History On This Day

2019 National Corn on the Cob Day celebrates maize, a member of the grass family and one of the world’s most important cereal crops, whose tidy ears boast an even number of rows and roughly 800 kernels. Each kernel is a seed, and each cob a floral marvel in disguise.

1776 John Constable, the English landscape painter synonymous with Suffolk’s rolling meadows, was born. He later declared that he painted best what he loved most: spring and early summer landscapes where gardens, elms, and kitchen plots brimmed with feeling and truth.

1815 Julia Margaret Cameron, pioneer of photography and poetic chronicler of gardens and faces, was born in Calcutta. She converted a henhouse on the Isle of Wight into a darkroom. She created dreamlike images, such as The Rosebud Garden of Girls, in which literature, mythology, and the garden entwine.

Unearthed Words

June speaks softly through poets and naturalists alike, from Nora Perry’s roses and daffodils to Thoreau’s dry, hazy days, and Thomas Love Peacock’s moonlit fishermen, gathered together in these curated Poems for June.

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Today's Garden Chore

Plant chamomile.
This apple-scented, ground-hugging herb blooms from June to July, charms flies as its primary pollinators, and rewards gardeners who save its flowers for replanting — a small ritual with ancient Greek roots and enduring sweetness.

Today's Botanic Spark

1982 The beloved film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial premiered, gifting gardeners an unforgettable moment when a stranded alien botanist revives a pot of chrysanthemums. The story is a tender reminder that even across galaxies, the instinct to heal and grow is universal.

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