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Today we celebrate the man remembered in the genus name for Crape Myrtle. We’ll also learn about the botanist who served as the physician to George Washington. We celebrate the man remembered in the name of the largest flower in the world. And we also celebrate the practical gardener and journalist who helped change the English landscape from formal to much more relaxed and attainable for the masses. We honor the beautiful Rose, queen of the garden, with today’s poetry.…
Read MoreToday we celebrate what I’m calling Dependence Day for Gardeners. We’ll also learn about the gutta-percha pioneer – it’s a fascinating story. We celebrate the California botanist who is remembered with a plant name and the name of a Canyon – and she was a tremendous conservationist. We also celebrate a botanist who is a sentimental favorite of mine – she died while collecting samples in the Western Himalayas almost eighty years ago today. We honor National Meadows Day –…
Read MoreToday we officially welcome the Dog Days – they start on this day and last for the next 40 days. We’ll also learn about the Landscape Architect who invented the term “landscape architecture.” We celebrate the market gardener from Isleworth who exhibited the first large-scale cultivated strawberry at the Royal Horticultural Society on this day over two hundred years ago. We also celebrate one of America’s best-known florists. We honor the life of the English poet William Henry Davies –…
Read MoreToday we celebrate a female botanist who fought to get recognition for women by the Linnaean Society. We’ll also learn about the German poet who loved trees. We’ll celebrate the Welsh garden-marker extraordinaire and also one of the all-time greats – a botanist from California. And, we’ll also honor the life of The Bird Woman of Ellsworth, who helped us to better understand birds and their individual uniqueness. We will also celebrate the month of July with some poetry. We…
Read MoreToday we welcome the new month – July – and we remember the first meeting of the Vale of York Field Naturalists Club. We’ll also learn about the Illinois State Flower which was adopted on this day We’ll usher in the new month with some July poetry. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about how gardens and growing food help people maintain their culture. It’s a personal favorite of mine. And then we’ll wrap things up with a…
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