November 8, 2019 Dividing Perennials, Kew’s Agius Garden, Medieval Herb Gardens, Tree Intelligence, Victoria Cruziana, Kate Sessions, Vavilov Seed Bank, Bluethenthal Wildflower Preserve, Covent Gardens, How to Know the Ferns by Frances Theodora Parsons, Bar Carts, and Botanical Stamps
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How to lift and divide herbaceous perennials
Now's the time for all good men to come to the aid of their... Whoops - nope - Really, now is the perfect time to lift and divide perennials with @GWmag - It's not too late!
Dividing or not, you should check out the garden in this video. Swooning now...
11 things to know about the Agius Evolution Garden
Here's a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Kew's Brand-New Garden, the Agius. Learn about the mulch @kewgardens makes for the garden, the pergola that supports 26 roses & the drought-resistant asterids - like sages, olives, and rosemary.
What to grow in a medieval herb garden - English Heritage Blog
Medieval Herb Gardens grew the tried & true herbs. Learn more about Sage, Betony, Clary Sage, Hyssop, Rue, Chamomile, Dill, Cumin, & Comfrey in this post by @EnglishHeritage featuring a beautiful pic of @RievaulxAbbey
Never Underestimate the Intelligence of Trees
Gardens are plant communities that need these pillars of protection- yet many gardens are treeless. As gardeners, we should plant Micro Forests. Dr. Suzanne Simard - Professor of Forest Ecology: Older, bigger trees share nutrients with/ smaller trees & they pay it back later. @NautilusMag
Botanical History On This Day
1849 Victoria cruziana blooms at Chatsworth, as the first Santa Cruz water lily flowers in a purpose-built greenhouse and later inspires Joseph Paxton’s design for the Crystal Palace with its vast, spiny, buoyant pads.
1857 Kate Sessions, the San Diego plantswoman, nursery owner, school garden teacher, and “Mother of Balboa Park” who popularized the jacaranda and planted thousands of trees across the city, was born.
1941 The Vavilov seed vault siege began its darkest winter after Hitler’s decree that Leningrad must starve, as botanists guarded the world’s seed collection and some, like Alexander Stchukin and Dmitri Ivanov, died of hunger rather than eat the crops they protected.
1974 Bluethenthal Wildflower Preserve was dedicated on the campus of UNC–Wilmington, preserving ten acres of native habitat with Venus flytraps, sundews, and jasmine as a quiet sanctuary amid the rush of college life.
1974 Covent Garden Market moves, as London’s historic flower, fruit, and vegetable market leaves its 9-acre home of over 300 years for Battersea, closing the chapter on a place immortalized by Dickens and “My Fair Lady.”
Unearthed Words
Robert Frost’s “After Apple-Picking” — a drowsy farewell to ladders, barrels, and unpicked fruit as winter’s “essence of sleep” settles over the orchard.
Grow That Garden Library™
Read The Daily Gardener review of How to Know the Ferns by Frances Theodora Parsons
Buy the book on Amazon: How to Know the Ferns
Today's Botanic Spark
1969 New Zealand’s Captain Cook bicentenary stamps were reported in the Johnson City Press, featuring Captain Cook, Sir Joseph Banks, Dr. Solander, and his namesake plant, and Queen Elizabeth II with Cook’s 1769 chart of New Zealand.
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