Posts Tagged ‘Bunny Mellon’
March 31, 2022 Andrew Marvell, Dietrich Brandis, William Waldorf Astor, Leo Buscaglia, Passions by Carolyne Roehm, and Bunny Mellon
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 1621 Birth of Andrew Marvell, English poet and politician. He was a friend of John Milton. In addition to writing The Garden…
Read MoreRemembering the Dedication of the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and Garden Designer Bunny Mellon
“In fact, the basketweave brick hardscaping in the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden is a replica of Bunny’s paving at Oak Spring. To make the surface permeable, Bunny ensured that no mortar touched the bricks. April 22, 1965 On this day, the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden was dedicated. Jackie did not attend the dedication. Her mother attended…
Read MoreApril 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
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…
Read MoreGarden 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…
Read MoreNovember 16, 2020 Denys Zirngiebel, Joseph Henry Maiden, Albert Francis Blakeslee, Donald Peattie, The Gardens of Bunny Mellon by Linda Jane Holden, and Elizabeth Fox
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…
Read MoreBunny Mellon: The Garden Sorceress Behind the White House Rose Garden
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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