February 12, 2020 Edible Flowers, Penelope Hobhouse, Jan Swammerdam, William Mason, Charles Darwin, February Poems, Grow Fruit & Vegetables in Pots by Aaron Bertelsen, Paper Pot Maker, and George Jackman I & II
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How to Eat Edible Flowers | FoodUnfolded
How to Eat Edible Flowers? One bite at a time.
"Chamomile tastes like apples; Begonia has a sharp citrus flavor, Calendula goes peppery to bitter, Daylilies - a melony, cucumber taste & Nasturtium is sweet and peppery."
Penelope Hobhouse - SGD Awards 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner - YouTube
Take a moment & watch this - an EXCELLENT video featuring Penelope Hobhouse - (Society of Garden Designers) SGD Awards 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
"My feelings about good design are, first of all, the skeleton - the architecture. If you get the architecture right, you can fill it in with the plants you love.
I was 82 - or something like that - when I came here. I knew it was my last garden.
That's really what made me plant this as an architectural garden - with flowers in between green architecture. I only wanted plants I really loved, and that's what I've done.
That's what is so lovely is living here - almost as a recluse - getting old. I think I'm very lucky people remember me at all. That's just luck and chance, I think."
Sarah Morgan, SGD Chair, said:
"Penelope Hobhouse has influenced and inspired garden design for decades. Self-trained in practical horticulture and design, she nevertheless forged a hugely successful career, thanks to her love and knowledge of plants and instinctive design talent."
Botanical History On This Day
1637 Jan Swammerdam, the Dutch biologist and entomologist who proved that insects develop from eggs and revealed the true role of the queen bee, was born in Amsterdam.
1724 William Mason, English clergyman, poet, garden designer, and author of the long poem The English Garden—a manifesto for the new romantic, picturesque landscape—was born.
1809 Charles Darwin, the English naturalist whose five-year voyage on the HMS Beagle and lifetime of plant and animal observation led to On the Origin of Species, was born in Shrewsbury.
Unearthed Words
Reflections on February—the shortest, moodiest month—when winter lingers, and spring is just a rumor on the horizon. Read the February verses for today
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Read The Daily Gardener review of Grow Fruit & Vegetables in Pots by Aaron Bertelsen
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Great Gifts for Gardeners
Esschert Design USA W4008 Secrets du Potager Paper Pot Maker – $13.65
- A clever tool for making seed pots from newspaper
- Set includes the paper pot press and instructions on how to prepare the pots
Today's Botanic Spark
1869 English nurseryman and clematis hybridizer George Jackman—patriarch of the Jackman nursery in Woking and namesake of the classic purple Clematis jackmanii—died, leaving behind a family legacy that still blooms on arbors and trellises around the world.
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