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May 13, 2022 Mary Russell Mitford, Nora Perry, Enid Annenberg Haupt, William Bartram, The Multifarious Mr. Banks by Toby Musgrave, and Daphne du Maurier

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 1815 On this day, Mary Russell Mitford wrote about the changing times in a letter to her friend, Sir William Elford, English…

From Seventeen to Cymbidiums: Enid Annenberg Haupt’s Horticultural Legacy

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 13, 1906 On this day, we celebrate the birth of Enid Annenberg Haupt, an American publisher and philanthropist who would come to be known as “the greatest patron American horticulture has ever…

Briars, Rattlesnakes, and Legacy: The Extraordinary Life of Mary Gibson Henry

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 16, 1967 On this day, we mark the passing of botanist Mary Gibson Henry, a woman whose passion for plants led her through briar patches, rattlesnake-infested swamps, and ultimately to her final…