January 7, 2021 Beautiful Bark on Deciduous Trees, Louise Imogen Guiney, Vivi Laurent-Täckholm, Enticing Plant Descriptions in Garden Catalogs, A Passion for Detail by Charlotte Moss, and Frank Lebby Stanton on Rosy Living
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Botanical History On This Day
1861 Birthday of Louise Imogen Guiney, American poet and essayist whose Boston years and later love of England colored her lyrical garden imagery—lilacs, May winds, and “fields of God”—that still feel fresh as new-mown hay.
1898 Birth of Vivi Laurent-Täckholm, Swedish botanist and children’s author. Her WWII-era flower club popularized houseplants like pothos and “Swedish ivy” (*Plectranthus australis*), turning bright windowsills into beginner-friendly botany labs.
Unearthed Words
Today’s excerpt is from Beth Chatto’s Garden Notebook. Writing plant portraits that outlast photographs, Beth Chatto recalls crafting irresistible catalog descriptions—radio-play vividness over glossy pictures—and reading great gardeners late into the night.
Grow That Garden Library™
Read my review of A Passion for Detail by Charlotte Moss. Find loveliness in the little things with rooms layered with natural textures, dried flowers, specimen pots, and garden-born treasures that invite you to style home and garden as one seamless space.
Buy the book on Amazon: A Passion for Detail
Today's Botanic Spark
1927 Anniversary of the death of Frank Lebby Stanton, Southern lyricist whose verses, like roses, balance sweetness with thorns—none more beloved by gardeners than his epitaph’s refrain: life’s pricks are real, but “ain’t the roses sweet?”
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