Charlotte Turner Smith Archives

May 4, 2026 Luca Ghini and the First Herbarium, Mary Sutherland and Women in Forestry, Charlotte Turner Smith’s Sonnet on Grief and Gardens, Ninfa by Charles Quest-Ritson, and Gertrude Clarke Nuttall on the Willow

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Patreon Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Today’s Show Notes Early May is a strange time in the garden. Nothing announces itself. A branch that was bare three days ago now has leaves…

May 4, 2022 Luca Ghini, Charlotte Turner Smith, Maud Grieve, Margaret Leland Goldsmith, The Little Library Year by Kate Young, and Gail Carriger

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 Today is Bird Day — a celebration first established in the late 19th century, reminding us of the feathered companions who animate…

Charlotte Turner Smith: Weaving Garlands of Verse in Nature’s Garden

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 4, 1749 On this day, Charlotte Turner Smith, English novelist and Romantic poet, entered the world. A woman of remarkable talent, she would go on to revive the English sonnet and help…