October 5, 2021 Outdoor Dining Area Design, Joachim Patinir, William Hamilton Gibson, Merritt Lyndon Fernald, Barbara Kingsolver, Dirr’s Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs by Michael Dirr, and Denis Diderot

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Today in botanical history, we celebrate a Flemish Renaissance painter who painted the first landscapes, the American naturalist and artist who saved Prospect Park, and an American botanist who jotted down a little poem on one of the pages in his herbarium – a little known treasure. We’ll hear an October excerpt from Barbara Kingsolver…

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April 22, 2021 Plants and People of Vanuatu, J Sterling Morton, August Wilhelm Eichler, Spring Gratitude, Kitchen Garden Cookbook by Jeanne Kelley, and the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden

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Today we celebrate the man who conceived of a new holiday that became Arbor Day. We’ll also learn about the man who developed the first classification system for plants based on evolution. We’ll hear some grateful words about spring from the author Barbara Kingsolver. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a garden cookbook that is…

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I Have Seen Women Looking at Jewelry Ads

I Have Seen Women Looking at Jewelry Ads

by Barbara Kingsolve I have seen women looking at jewelry ads with a misty eye and one hand resting on the heart, and I only know what they’re feeling because that’s how I read the seed catalogs in January.           Note: Today’s Unearthed Words are all about seed catalogs.  If you…

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Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Today’s book recommendation: Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver In honor of the work of botanist Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen, today’s book recommendation is Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (Kingsolver has a background in biology). Although it’s a fictional book, it features naturalist Mary Treat, who corresponds with Darwin, and a character who…

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April 11, 2019 Yearlong Care of the Garden, Luther Burbank , Yogi Yogananda, Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen, John Paulus Lotsy, Ogden Nash, Barbara Kingsolver, Mary Treat, A New Garden Tote, and the Clark Botanic Garden

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How much do you care for your garden? Do your time and attention stay pretty constant throughout the season? If not, why not? What would your garden look like in August if you loved it then as much as you do now? What must you do to sustain a high level of care for your…

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