Posts Tagged ‘autumn gardens’
October 25, 2024 Patrick Neill, Joseph Hetherington McDaniels, Tyge Wittrock Bocher, The Healing Garden by Juliet Blankespoor, and A Tale of Two Postmen Turned Accidental Alpine Plant Merchants
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 On This Day 1776 Patrick Neill, British printer and horticulturalist, is born. 1840 Joseph Hetherington McDaniels, Classical Scholar, is born. 1909 Tyge Wittrock Böcher [TEE-guh VIT-rock…
Read MoreTraveller’s Joy: The Poetic Clematis of England’s Countryside
The Traveller’s Joy Poet November 2, 1848 Today is the anniversary of the death of the English poet and Irish bishop Richard Mant. Richard wrote a little poem about the wild clematis that happens to be England’s only native Clematis. In the 17th century, the herbalist John Gerard gave it the common name “The Traveller’s…
Read MoreLonging and Labor: Garden Memories from Sara Teasdale and Robert Frost
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Robert Frost and Sara Teasdale January 29, 2020 Today marks the anniversary of the death of American lyric poet Sara Teasdale,…
Read MoreNovember Mist: Ruth Pitter and Thoreau in the Garden of Solitude
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. November Mist Ruth Pitter, notable English poet (1897-1992). Henry David Thoreau c. 1856 (colorized and enhanced). November 7, 1897 On this…
Read MoreThe Beauty of Late Fall: Gladys Taber’s Still Meadow reflections on mist, harvest, and autumn’s quiet music
by Gladys Taber Walking down the country road this morning, I noticed the swamp in late fall has lovely colors. The chalky purple of the wild blackberry canes, the cinnabar of frosted weeds, and the garnet of oak seedlings seem like music. Farther on, the cutover fields have variations on the theme of brown, from…
Read MoreSeptember’s Goldenrod and Autumn Gusts
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. September’s Goldenrod September 27, 2019 As the year deepens and daylight slants across the garden wall, autumn speaks in a quieter…
Read MoreGoldenrod and September Signs: Thistledown, Harvest, and Autumn Winds
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Solidago in the fall garden. September 23, 2019 On this crisp October evening, as goldenrod bows beneath the cooling sun and…
Read MoreMilkweed Wishes and September Reveries
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Milkweed seed pod September 17, 2019 On this golden September afternoon, when the fields hum with the last whispers of summer…
Read MoreWhispers of September: Orchards, Apples, and Autumn’s Plenty
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Orchards, Apples, and Autumn’s Plenty September 4, 2019 As September gracefully takes her place in the dance of the seasons, there…
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