Wonder Rooms by Allison Funk

Wonder Rooms by Allison Funk

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Wonder Rooms by Allison Funk This collection of poems came out in 2015. Oh, dear readers, Allison’s Wonder Rooms is a Poetic Cabinet of Curiosities. In the 16th century, Curiosity Cabinets (often used to house unusual botanical and natural specimens) were also called Wonder Rooms.  Imagine a world…

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The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee  Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1647 Maria Sibylla Merian was born. Long overlooked, her luminous studies of insects and host plants revealed their intimate interdependence and remain…

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