Welcome Daily Gardeners

Every Friday, I send out a letter for gardeners with: 

Reminders for Your Calendar

Botanical History & Poetry

Favorites for the Garden

Garden Book Recommendations

Exclusive updates regarding the show

These Friday emails are only available if you subscribe to The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter.

Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf.

The Daily Gardener Hello Album

The Daily Gardener Podcast

LISTEN.  GARDEN. REPEAT. 
Latest Episode

Star

May 23, 2019 Growing as a Gardener, Carl Linnaeus, the Centigrade thermometer, Commelina genus, Sjupp the Raccoon, the Hamburg Hydra, Linnaea borealis or Twinflower, August Strindberg, Planting Cannas, Martin Hoffman, and Linnaeus’ Lapland Costume

20200101 The Daily Gardener Album Cover

Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, “But these young scholars… Love not the flower they pluck, and know it not, And all their botany is Latin names.” There is more to gardening than nomenclature, and more than nomenclature, there’s actually growing and knowing plants.       Brevities #OTD It’s the birthday of Carl Linnaeus born on this day in 1707. It is said he liked flowers as a young child, and whenever he was upset, he was given a flower…

Read More

May 22, 2019 A Gardener’s Bedtime Ritual, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Florence Meier Chase, Victor Hugo, Gardentopia, Jan Johnsen, Living Mulch, and the death of Conan Doyle

20200101 The Daily Gardener Album Cover

Here’s a gardener’s bedtime ritual for this time of year: Take sandpaper or a nail file and nick those nasturtium seeds before you soak them overnight; then sow them outside. They grow well in poor soil. The leaves and flowers are edible and are great in salads.       Brevities #OTD It’s the birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – born in 1859. Ten years ago, in 2009, a violin made from a dying sycamore tree in Conan Doyle’s…

Read More

May 21, 2019 Bolting Rhubarb, Alexander Pope, Henri Rosseau, Pope’s Grotto at Twickenham, The Land of the Blue Poppies, Frank Kingdon Ward, Installing Garden Paths, and Richard Walter Pohl

20200101 The Daily Gardener Album Cover

Is your rhubarb bolting already? When your rhubarb seems to be bolting too early, ask yourself these questions… Is your rhubarb an heirloom or a new variety? Older varieties tend to bolt sooner. Try planting a newer variety. Is your rhubarb very established? The older your rhubarb, the quicker it bolts. If you divide your established rhubarb, it revitalizes your plant and can thwart flowering. Has it been super cold, hot, or is your rhubarb otherwise stressed? These threatening conditions…

Read More

Gardener Greetings

Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org


Media & Book Publishers:

The Daily Gardener
PO Box 312
Wyoming, MN 55092

The Daily Gardener Smart Speaker

What Listeners Say

KIND WORDS FROM LOVELY LISTENERS

"I just discovered you! I googled garden podcasts and I'm so glad I found the show. I start every day with The Daily Gardener!"

"I love garden history and garden stories. Thank you for helping me learn more about both!"

"I've been a Still Growing podcast listener for years. I'm so excited to hear your new one - The Daily Gardener! Thank you."

Audience Stats

%

consider themselves
curious + serious gardeners

%

interested in flower gardening, edibles, and nature in general

%

interested in their roots, nostalgic, history-lovers,
very family oriented

%

Savvy + Practical Readers
with an interesting take on the world

SI HORTUM IN HORTORIA PODCASTA IN BIBLIOTEHCA HABES, NIHIL DEERIT.

"If you have a garden, a garden podcast, and a library,
you have everything you need."

Ready to check out the show merch?

Give a holler if you have specific requests

Top of page