November 6, 2019 Modern Monochromatic Wedding Flowers, Saving Seeds, Bernard de Jussieu, Alice Lounsberry, Gladys Tabor, Vertical Vegetables by Amy Andrychowicz, Burying Hardy Succulents, and HB Frank Kingdon Ward
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Modern Monochromatic Wedding at Baltimore’s Sagamore Pendry Hotel
@ruffledblog shared this gorgeous @lemonlime_event Modern Monochromatic Wedding at Baltimore’s Sagamore Pendry Hotel. Gardeners will love the green/white floral arrangements. And you MUST check out the bride's bouquet. That air plant!!
I must confess I didn't fully appreciate all that it entails - so hats off to Garden Teacher Plews Garden Design @plewgd for a thorough and thoughtful explanation.
Saffron for Emotional Health @PsychToday by @peterbongi
Studies show the stigma & the petals of Saffron (Crocus sativus) are helpful for calming, mood support & more. And, love the Charlemagne quote about herbs at the beginning...
A Guide to Saving and Storing Seeds
Garden Betty shared a really lovely post: "As your end-of-season crops start to fade, now's the time to save the seeds from your favorite plants so you can grow them again next year!" Here's a foolproof guide to show you how from @gardenbetty #gardenchat #gardening #growyourown
Botanical History On This Day
1777 Bernard de Jussieu, the French naturalist whose quiet reordering of the Petit Trianon gardens led to the first natural classification of flowering plants and inspired a dynasty of Jussieu botanists, died.
1868 Alice Lounsberry, New York botanist and garden writer who partnered with illustrator Ellis Rowan on much-loved guides to wildflowers, trees, and southern plants, was born.
Unearthed Words
Gladys Taber on late-fall swamps, hazel nuts, and “mists and mellow fruitfulness” — a Still Meadow walk through blackberry canes, burning cornstalks, and Keats’s autumn beauty.
Grow That Garden Library™
Read The Daily Gardener review of Vertical Vegetables by Amy Andrychowicz
Buy the book on Amazon: Vertical Vegetables
Today's Botanic Spark
1885 Frank Kingdon Ward — the intrepid plant hunter who trekked Tibet, China, and Southeast Asia in search of dazzling treasures like the legendary Tibetan blue poppy, bringing “a little bit of the enchantment of Asia” back to Western gardens, was born.
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