Posts Tagged ‘Anne Brontë’
From Bluebells to Winter Roses: The Life of Anne Brontë
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 28, 1849 Dear reader, on this day in history, we bid farewell to a literary gem, the English novelist and poet Anne Brontë. While we now celebrate the Brontë sisters for their…
Read MoreMay 28, 2021 20 Top Perennials, Anne Brontë, Frank Nicholas Meyer, Pressed Flowers, Plants That Kill by Elizabeth Dauncey, and Frances Perry on Silver Foliage
Today we celebrate a beloved English novelist and poet. We’ll also learn about an intrepid plant explorer remembered most for the little yellow fruit he brought back from China. However, his most significant impact is likely in the soybean specimens that became a valuable economic crop for America. We hear a fun excerpt about a…
Read MoreCelebrating St George’s Day with Garden Poems about Bluebells
“Bluebells are reminders of the very origins of ‘spring,’ the great gush of life.” Today, April 23, is St George’s Day – the feast day of the patron saint of England, St. George. Known as the dragon slayer, St. George was partial to the color blue, and he is remembered with the English bluebell…
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