Posts Tagged ‘American garden design’
Literary Gardens: How Edith Wharton Designed with Words and Flowers
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 1, 1937 My dear readers, on this most peculiar day, the eminent American authoress Edith Wharton suffered a rather inconvenient heart attack while gracing the country estate of her friend and co-author…
Read MoreThe 1893 Chicago World’s Fair: When America Became a Garden
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 1, 1893 Â On this day, dear garden enthusiasts and history buffs, the gates of the Chicago World’s Fair swung open, unveiling a horticultural spectacle that would captivate over 27 million visitors…
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