Leslie Young Correthers: The Forgotten Poet of the Garden

Leslie Young Correthers

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 25, 1948 On this day, the garden of earthly delights lost one of its most enchanting cultivators. Leslie Young Correthers, an American poet and artist of remarkable charm, breathed his last, leaving…

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From Nosegays to Newbery: The Floral Verses of Elizabeth Coatsworth

Elizabeth Coatsworth and husband by the Iris bed

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 31, 1893 On this day, dear readers and lovers of verse, we celebrate the birth of Elizabeth Coatsworth, that most enchanting American writer of fiction and poetry for both children and adults.…

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The Poet’s Garden: James Gates Percival and the Language of Flowers

Portrait of James Gates Percival, said to be painted by his brother (colorized)

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: September 15, 1795 On this day, we find ourselves transported back to when James Gates Percival, that most fascinating polymath of American letters, drew his first breath. While history may remember him as a surgeon and geologist, it is his poetic musings on the…

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