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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Garden Secrets of Bunny Mellon by Linda Holden

Garden Secrets of Bunny Mellon by Linda Holden

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Garden Secrets of Bunny Mellon by Linda Holden This book came out in 2020, and I’m a huge Bunny Mellon fan, so I was very excited to order my copy. What’s special about this book is that it shares Bunny’s personal advice, philosophy about design, many of her…

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November 16, 2020 Denys Zirngiebel, Joseph Henry Maiden, Albert Francis Blakeslee, Donald Peattie, The Gardens of Bunny Mellon by Linda Jane Holden, and Elizabeth Fox

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Today we celebrate the man known as the “Pansy King.” We’ll also learn about the Anglo-Australian botanist who first described much of the Eucalyptus genus. We remember the American botanist who had a favorite plant he liked to use in the study of heredity – and it wasn’t peas. We salute one of America’s most…

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Bunny Mellon: The Garden Sorceress Behind the White House Rose Garden

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This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 9, 1910 Today is the birthday of Rachel Lowe Lambert Lloyd Mellon, also known as Bunny Mellon, my dear garden confidantes. Like a rare bloom appearing unexpectedly in one’s carefully tended perennial…

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