February 17, 2022 Reginald Farrer, the Carrot, Small Garden Style by Isa Hendry Eaton, and Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald
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Botanical History On This Day
1880 Birth of Reginald Farrer, the legendary English rock and alpine gardener, plant explorer, nurseryman, writer, and painter. Known as the "Prince of Alpine Gardeners," he created the first rock garden at the age of 14 and championed the joy of plants over mountains. His nursery, Craven, and his celebrated Gentiana farreri carry on his legacy.
1918 On this day, Dora Hughes wrote The Carrot Comes into Its Own for the New-York Tribune. She celebrated diverse carrot recipes from crecy soup to mashed carrots, croquettes, candied carrots, and French carrot dishes, highlighting carrots’ royal past and culinary versatility.
Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation
Discover Small Garden Style by Isa Hendry Eaton, a 2020 design guide for outdoor rooms and containers that transforms small gardens with lush style and graphic-design-inspired flair. Isa’s book offers ideas, style quizzes, and tips for making the most of limited space with dramatic planting and garden features.
Buy the book on Amazon: Small Garden Style
Today's Botanic Spark
1864 Birth of Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald, Canadian poet and teacher, remembered for her 1906 collection Dream Verses and Others. In her poem A Song of Seasons, she celebrates enduring love that transcends fading blossoms and dying days with the lines: “Sing a song of loving, That will last for aye!”
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