July 21, 2020 Hosting a Garden Tour During COVID, Central Park, Maine State Flower, Edith Wilder Scott, Summer Poetry, Philosophy in the Garden by Damon Young, and Rose Care During Summer
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1853 Central Park Legislation passed, paving 778 acres for Olmsted & Vaux’s democratic landscape—a gathering place inspired by Paxton’s Birkenhead and later home to Strawberry Fields.
1945 Maine’s State “Flower” became the White Pine Cone and Tassel—an evergreen emblem chosen for endurance and history, the lone U.S. floral symbol without a bloom.
1960 Edith Wilder Scott, heiress-horticulturist of Todmorden Farm and founder of the Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore, died; her gardens of lilacs, iris, peonies, and rhododendrons continue to teach by example.
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Today's Botanic Spark
1951 Hot-Weather Rose Care — A Lancaster paper urged deep, slow watering at the base, dry foliage to deter fungus, and summer mulches to keep blooms coming and plants strong for next year.
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