May 1, 2023 May Day, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner, Phebe Holder, Thomas Hoy, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily’s Fresh Kitchen by Emily Maxson, and Calvin Fletcher

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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 1772 Karl Friedrich von Gaertner, German botanist, is born. 1890 Phebe Holder’s poem, A Song of May, appeared in newspapers this month.…

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Calvin Fletcher, State Senator and Indianapolis Gardener

Calvin Fletcher

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: May 1, 1859, On this day, Calvin Fletcher, American attorney, banker, farmer, and state senator in Indianapolis, wrote these words in his diary: This a most delightful Sabbath morn and the anniversary of my leaving Westford, Massachusetts in 1817 forty two years ago.  [It’s] also the…

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Blossoms, Berries, and Bygone Days: Calvin Fletcher’s Garden Diary

Calvin Fletcher

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 2, 1859 On this day, dear fellow gardeners, let us take a delightful journey back to the mid-19th century, where we shall bask in the horticultural observations of one Calvin Fletcher. This…

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