February 5, 2020 Growing Turnips, Piet Blanckaert Terrace Garden, John Lindley, Meriwether Lewis, Friedrich Welwitsch, the New England Botanical Club, James Van Sweden, February Poems, Winter World by Bernd Heinrich, Okatsune Hedge Shears and the Happy Huntsman’s Tree
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Turn To Turnips For Early Vegetables
Gardening: Turn to turnips for early vegetables
Nancy Szerlag, master gardener and @detroitnews freelance writer, had a chance to try Burpee Gardening @burpeegardens new turnip, 'Silky Sweet'!
Terrace Garden Of A Townhouse In Bruges By Piet Blanckaert | House & Garden
The magnificent terrace garden in Bruges ("Brooj") by @_houseandgarden
Piet Blanckaert says:
"Small gardens are a puzzle in 3D. You need all the pieces, big & small, & every centimeter counts. You need less of everything so that you can choose top-quality materials."
Botanical History On This Day
1799 John Lindley, the British botanist who saved Kew Gardens and became the namesake of the Lindley Library, was born.
1806 The Douglas-fir, “Fir No. 5,” was described by Meriwether Lewis, who later sketched its distinctive bracted cone.
1806 Friedrich Welwitsch, Austrian botanist and discoverer of the astonishing Welwitschia mirabilis, was born.
1896 The New England Botanical Club was founded by seven professionals and ten amateurs dedicated to studying New England flora.
1935 James van Sweden, pioneering landscape architect and co-creator of the New American Garden style, was born.
Unearthed Words
A trio of February musings—from Neely Turner, William Cullen Bryant, and Sara Teasdale—capturing winter’s light, quiet, and armchair gardening dreams. Check out the poems in today's February Words.
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Read The Daily Gardener review of Winter World by Bernd Heinrich
Buy the book on Amazon: Winter World by Bernd Heinrich
Today's Botanic Spark
1917 The Happy Huntsman’s Tree was planted beside the Harrington family crypt to honor Charles Augustus Stanhope, the 8th Earl of Harrington.
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