Posts Tagged ‘Chelsea Physic Garden’
June 1, 2026 Johann Sebastian Müller, William Bull, Henry Beston, The Salad Garden by Joy Larkcom, and Mary Beal
(opens in new tab) 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 Let’s talk about rhubarb — one of the spring garden’s greatest gifts. I grew up with a big rhubarb…
Read MoreMay 28, 2026 John H. Bartlett, William Herbert, May Swenson, The Apothecaries Garden by Sue Minter, and Patrick White
(opens in new tab) 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 In her 1968 memoir Plant Dreaming Deep, the Belgian-American writer May Sarton wrote: “From May on, I can hardly…
Read MoreApril 22, 2026 Queen Christina of Sweden, Pehr Kalm, Ellen Glasgow, Gardens That Can Save the World by Lottie Delamain, and Louise Glück
(opens in new tab) 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 April 22 carries a big, modern name. Earth Day. But in the garden, the earth doesn’t show up as…
Read MoreJohn Bartram: America’s First Botanist and His Lasting Garden Legacy
“The Greatest Natural Botanist in the World” March 23, 1699 Today is the birthday of the one of American’s earliest botanists, horticulturists and explorers: John Bartram. John founded the first botanical garden in America and Linnaeus called John the “greatest natural botanist in the world.” Like many botanists of his time, John was born into…
Read MoreGeorg Dionysius Ehret: Master of Botanical Illustration
Gardening and Drawing Today is the birthday of the botanist and the incomparable botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret. Georg was born in Heidelberg, Germany, to Ferdinand Christian Ehret, who was a gardener and also had a talent for drawing. He taught his son both skills- gardening and drawing – before he died. Georg made his…
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2020 Good Garden Decisions, African Violets, George Ehret, Adelbert von Chamisso, Yerba Buena, Louise Beebe Wilder, Asa Gray, Ann Taylor, The Seed Underground by Janisse Ray, Garden Cloche, and Elizabeth Wirt
(opens in new tab) Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News Good Decisions by @papaver Alison Levey (“Lee-Vee”) – The Blackberry Garden “I planted them and whispered to the nearby ants ‘when…
Read MoreThomas Moore, ferns, and the Victorian fern craze at Chelsea Physic Garden
Thrive in the Garden Today is the anniversary of the death of the gardener, naturalist, and Chelsea Physic Garden curator Thomas Moore. Before Moore worked at Chelsea Physic Garden @ChelsPhysicGdn, he spent four years at Fraser’s Lea Bridge Nurseries, Leyton from 1839-1842. Moore wrote several books on horticulture – many reflected his lifelong passion for…
Read MoreThomas Moore’s Floral Verses: Roses, Tuberose, and Jasmine by Night
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Thomas Moore January 1, 2020 On this day, with autumn’s edges marked by the fragrance of fading roses and the tender…
Read MoreGeorg Dionysius Ehret: Master Botanical Illustrator of the 1700s
The Greatest Artist-Illustrator Today is the anniversary of the death of the botanist and the incomparable botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret who died on this day in 1770. Ehret was born in Heidelberg, Germany, to Ferdinand Christian Ehret, who was a gardener and also had a talent for drawing. He taught his son both skills-…
Read More“One or Two is Enough”: John Bartram’s Garden Philosophy Revealed
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 20, 1757 On this day, the esteemed botanist John Bartram penned what can only be described as a deliciously forthright letter to Philip Miller, revealing the unvarnished truth of his gardening preferences…
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