Posts Tagged ‘American garden writers’
Danske Dandridge: The Gardener-Poet of Rose Brake
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 19, 1854 On this day, Danske [“DAN-sker”] Dandridge, poet, historian, and garden writer, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her story begins with a diplomatic posting—her father, Henry Bedinger, served as President James…
Read MoreAnna Gilman Hill: The Graceful Gardener Behind Grey Gardens and Director of the Garden Club of America
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 25, 1872 Dearest reader, On this day, we mark the birth of a remarkable woman who left an indelible imprint on American horticulture and society—Anna Gilman Hill. As the Director of the Garden…
Read MoreJean Hersey: A Year in a Garden’s Life
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 29, 1902 Dearest readers, Today, we celebrate the birth of Jean Hersey, an American garden writer whose gentle words and vibrant observations have quietly nurtured readers for decades. Born Jean McKelvey…
Read MoreGeorge Washington’s Boxwood: A Winter Garden Memory with Jean Hersey
by Jean Hersey The garden is completely winterized except for the roses, which need more hay, and the four small box yet to be covered with burlap. We have a sentimental feeling for these box. Once many years ago, on a holiday with the children, we were driving to North Carolina. We stopped at Mount…
Read MoreThe temperament of trees: Gladys Taber on the nature of seasons
by Gladys Taber, American writer and columnist Weather conditions are the same for all of them, one is no more sheltered than another, and they are the same age, judging by their size. I like to think one tree decides to keep summer a bit longer and one impetuously responds to the tide of incoming…
Read MoreKatharine White: The Garden Writer Whose Words Bloomed Beyond the Page
Onward and Upward Today is the anniversary of the death of the garden writer Katharine White. Now, Katharine was married to Andy – but most of us probably know him as E.B. White, the author of three beloved children’s books, Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte’s Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). In the…
Read MoreLouise Beebe Wilder: The Garden Writer Who Brought Color and Moonlight to Gardening
One of America’s Greates Garden Writers Today is the birthday of one of America’s greatest Garden writers and one of the 20th Century’s most famous horticulturists, Louise Beebe Wilder. Louise was born into a wealthy family in Baltimore. After marrying an architect named Walter Wilder, they bought a country place – a 200-acre estate in…
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