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Ayn Rand’s legacy: Objectivism, wealth, and the flowered farewell

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: March 2, 1905 Dearest reader, On this day, Alice O’Connor was born—though the world knows her better by the pen name Ayn Rand (“Eye-n Rand”), the Russian-American writer and philosopher who sparked passionate discourse with her bold philosophy called Objectivism. Rand’s ideas, radical and…

March 2, 2022 Joel Roberts Poinsett, Sholem Aleichem, Geoffrey Grigson, Ayn Rand, Charles Bessey, By Any Other Name by Simon Morley, and John Irving

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

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 1779 Birth of Joel Roberts Poinsett, American physician, botanist, and statesman. He introduced the Poinsettia, or “Skin Flower,” from Mexico to the…

Ayn Rand in Bloom: The Life, Philosophy, and Floral Farewell of Alice O’Connor

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 2, 1905 Dearest reader, On this day, Alice O’Connor was born—though the world knows her better by the pen name Ayn Rand (“Eye-n Rand”), the Russian-American writer and philosopher who sparked passionate…