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Candice Wheeler: The Mother of Interior Design Who Found God in Gardening
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 5, 1923 My dear garden dreamers, today marks the anniversary of the death of Candice Wheeler, who departed this earthly garden on this day in 1923. Candice Wheeler is often called “the…
Read MoreBrushstrokes and Bequeathments: The Extraordinary Life of Mary Hiester Reid
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 24, 1854 On this day in 1854, the extraordinary floral still-life painter Mary Hiester Reid entered the world—a woman whose brushstrokes captured nature’s fleeting beauty with such exquisite delicacy that one might…
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