Posts Tagged ‘Botany’
November 01, 2024 Welcome November Gardens, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, John Joly, Adventures in Eden by Carolyn Mullet, and Maude Jeannie Young
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 1857 John Joly (pronounced “JOLLY”) was born on this day in Hollywood House near the village of Bracknagh (pronounced “BRACK-nuh”) in County…
Read MoreFrom Christmas Trees to Kew: Queen Charlotte’s Botanical Revolution
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 17, 1818 On this day, England bid farewell to Queen Charlotte, the devoted wife of George III and a woman whose passion for horticulture left an indelible mark on the nation’s gardens.…
Read MoreA Life Among Leaves: The Botanical Journey of Ethel Zoe Bailey
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 17, 1889 On this day, a most remarkable woman entered the world, one whose life would become as intertwined with botany as the most tenacious of climbing vines. Ethel Zoe Bailey, daughter…
Read MoreThe Father of Newfoundland Botany: Merritt Lyndon Fernald’s Enduring Impact
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 5, 1873 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of a true luminary in the world of botany, Merritt Lyndon Fernald. This American botanist, whose prolific pen produced over 800…
Read MoreHurricane Hitchhiker: The Miraculous Journey of the Kerry Mousetail Fern
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. December 31, 2020 On this day, dear readers, let us delve into a tale of botanical intrigue that would set the gardening world aflutter. In the emerald hills of Killarney, Ireland, a discovery…
Read MoreNature’s Classroom: Miss Amanda Palmer’s Educational Odyssey
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 25, 1909 On this day, dear readers, we find ourselves transported to the verdant landscapes of Wilmington, North Carolina, where an intrepid educator, Miss Amanda Palmer, shared her experiences of leading nature-based…
Read MoreFrom Yangtze to Your Garden: The Extraordinary Life of Frank Nicholas Meyer
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 28, 1918 On this day, the intrepid Dutch-American botanist and USDA Plant Explorer, Frank Nicholas Meyer, embarked upon his final journey. With a heavy heart and weary bones, Frank boarded a steamer…
Read MoreBlossoms by the Hour: Unveiling the Floral Clock
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 27, 1873 Dear reader, on this day, a most intriguing missive emerged from the quaint hamlet of Pratt’s Junction, Massachusetts. It spoke of a marvel that would captivate both the horticultural enthusiast…
Read MoreA Botanical Love Story: The Remarkable Life of Mary Strong Clemens
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 13, 1968 On this day, we commemorate the passing of Mary Strong Clemens, a botanical virtuoso whose life was as vibrant and diverse as the flora she so passionately collected. One cannot…
Read MoreA Gardener’s Favorite: The Botany Poem by Berton Braley
“There should be no monotony In studying your botany” American poet Berton Braley, published his light-hearted, clever poem, Botany, in the Science News Letter March 9, 1929 There should be no monotony In studying your botany, It helps to train And spur the brain– Unless you haven’t gotany. It teaches you, does Botany, To know…
Read MoreFebruary 11, 2021 Gardening for Health, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Should Botany Be Taught In Schools, Saving the Sakura, Darwin’s Most Wonderful Plants by Ken Thompson, and Garden-Inspired Verses About Love
Today we celebrate a woman who was insatiable when it came to plants, and she is remembered forever with the Portland Rose. We’ll also learn about a famous speech given at a Vermont botanical club about why botany wasn’t taught in schools – and the reasons were pretty spot on. We hear a story about…
Read MoreProfessor Olaus Rudbeck: How He Made Botany a Popular with Upsala University Students
“He prepared a public display of his collection and put together a lecture about the collection of new seeds and roots he had brought from his travels abroad. But the students at the time thought botany was a topic for old ladies or apothecaries or pharmacists, and they derided anyone with interest in the subject…
Read MoreA Victorian Botanical Adventure: The Vale of York Field Naturalists Club at Rivaulx Abbey
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 1, 1871 On this day, dear readers, a most extraordinary gathering took place in the verdant landscapes of Yorkshire. The Yorkshire Herald, that venerable chronicle of local affairs, reported the inaugural meeting…
Read MorePractical Botany for Gardeners by Geoff Hodge
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Practical Botany for Gardeners by Geoff Hodge This book came out in 2013, and the subtitle is Over 3,000 Botanical Terms Explained and Explored. I think one of the reasons this book is so helpful is that it is so beautifully put together. The Denver Post said: “It…
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