Today we salute the English orphan girl who wrote her own destiny with science fiction writing. We also remember the English gardener who is still ghosting us after many decades. We revisit a letter from Elizabeth Lawrence to her sister Ann. We’ll celebrate National Potato Day with some Potato Poems. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a gorgeous book about Dahlias. And then we’ll wrap things up with the birthday of a beloved American creator of light verse. But first, let’s catch up on some Greetings from Gardeners around the world and today’s curated news. Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Gardener Greetings To...
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Did You Know Tarragon is an Artemisia?
Like all plants in the Artemisia (“AR-tah-MEE-zee-ah”) genus, Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) casts a gray and silvery foliage (although these pictures don’t reflect that.) …
Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening by Matt Mattus
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: From Garden to Grill by Elizabeth Orsini This book came out in 2017, and the subtitle is Over 250…
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle On Saturday, he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice…
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