February 2, 2021 Ideas For Your Garden, The Nature Principle at Home, How to Propagate 375 Plants by Richard Rosenfeld, and February’s Snowdrop Fairy
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Botanical History On This Day
1914 Film debut of iconic English actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin in Making a Living. Chaplin’s famed character, The Tramp, brought joy and captured hearts.
In the silent film City Lights, where The Tramp falls in love with a blind flower girl, the flower scene alone took 342 takes to get right, highlighting Chaplin’s perfectionism and love of gardening themes in his work.
2021 Candlemas marks the Celtic celebration of the year’s quickening midway between winter solstice and spring equinox, inspiring numerous verses forecasting winter’s end.
The snowdrop, known as the “Fair Maid of February” and “Candlemas Bells,” blooms boldly on this day with natural antifreeze. Traditions vary worldwide, from bears and badgers to groundhogs like Punxsutawney Phil, who famously “predicts” the return of spring.
Unearthed Words
In today’s excerpt from The Nature Principle, Richard Louv paints a vivid picture of Karen Harwell’s six-hundred-square-foot yard—a minifarm hosting ducks, beehives, fruit trees, an organic garden, and neighborhood teenagers engaging in “archaic social networking.” A simple morning walk with her companion, Summer, begins each day filled with noticing and appreciating the garden’s life—a heartfelt connection to “the nature principle at home”.
Grow That Garden Library™
Read my review of How to Propagate 375 Plants by Richard Rosenfeld, a 2018 masterclass in propagation for gardeners. Covering seeds, cuttings, division, layering, and grafting with clear steps and photographs, this 256-page guide empowers gardeners to multiply flowers, shrubs, climbers, vegetables, and herbs with confidence and effectiveness in their own gardens.
Buy the book on Amazon: How to Propagate 375 Plants by Richard Rosenfeld
Today's Botanic Spark
February Snowdrop Fairy—illustrator Cicely Mary Barker wove whimsy and botany into her art by painting the Snowdrop Fairy for the flower known as the “Fair Maid of February.” Though Cicely did not believe in fairies, she lovingly created tiny guardians of flowers, pairing drawings with poetry celebrating nature’s quiet miracles in winter. Embrace the magic of Candlemas with a candle lit in the garden, welcoming spring’s return.
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