January 16, 2020 Planting Hope, Marks Hall Arboretum, Antonio José Cavanilles, Wine Bricks, Carole Lombard, Louisa Yeomans King, January Poems, Murder Most Florid by Mark Spencer, Tree Branch Hooks, and Lengthening Days by Vita Sackville-West
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Planting Hope by Debi Holland | Richard Jackson's Garden
"I work with people who have experienced bereavement or long-term illness. Gardening has been a tremendous respite, an escape from the house, provided achievable goals with visible results from a few hours toil when other aspects of life may not be so straightforward."
Marks Hall Arboretum and walled garden in Essex - Gardens Illustrated
Marks Hall Arboretum is absolutely gorgeous in the winter. The Arboretum sits on a 2,200-acre estate in Essex. You wouldn't know it by looking at it, but the soil there is clay.
The beautiful thing about this garden is that it has been organized into geographic zones, so from an inspiration standpoint, it's splendid.
There's a beautiful 3-acre lakeside garden. This garden beautifully complements the rest of the estate, offering five interlinked gardens. There are hedges and walls, groupings of ornamental grasses, and long flowering perennials.
Botanical History On This Day
1745 Antonio José Cavanilles, Spanish Enlightenment priest and Spain’s first great botanist, named Cosmos and declined having a genus named after him, choosing instead to christen the Dahlia, while later directing the Royal Botanic Garden in Madrid.
1920 Prohibition & Wine Bricks began in the United States, and vintners responded by selling grape “wine bricks” for innocent-sounding juice that everyone knew could be coaxed back into something more spirited.
1942 Carole Lombard’s Farm Fantasy ended tragically with her death in a plane crash; just years before, she and Clark Gable had traded Hollywood glamour for a working 21-acre ranch of orchards, dairy, vines, and turkeys for the MGM commissary.
1948 Louisa Boyd Yeomans King, beloved garden writer “Mrs. Francis King” and “The Fairy Godmother of Gardening,” died; through books like The Well-Considered Garden and her work with the Garden Club of America, she helped teach a nation of women to garden beautifully.
Unearthed Words
January laments and lessons from Alfred Austin, John Burroughs, Charlotte Eriksson, Colette, and Shelley—poems that grumble about “Janiveer” even as they point us toward May’s flowers.
January’s Hard Beauty in Poetry
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Great Gifts for Gardeners
5 Pack 12" Tree Branch Hooks, S-Shape Metal Hanger Hooks – rust-resistant, heavy-duty hooks that make it effortless to hang bird feeders, baskets, lights, and lanterns from branches, gutters, and railings.
Today's Botanic Spark
2020 Vita on Lengthening Days reminds us that even in bleak midwinter the light is quietly returning—minute by minute—until one evening we suddenly realize we’ve gained another precious quarter hour in the garden’s twilight.
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