Posts Tagged ‘Cherry Trees’
November 13, 2024 Gardens, Meteors, and Chrysanthemums, Joseph Paxton, Cherry Trees of 1909, The Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing Cacti and Succulents by the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Paul Rees and The Dangerous World of Rare Orchids
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 1849 A most extraordinary presentation took place at Windsor Castle, when Joseph Paxton presented the Victoria Amazonica to Queen Victoria. 1909 James…
Read MoreBrooklyn Botanic Garden: Celebrating Over a Century of Botanical Beauty
Home of Hundreds of Cherry Trees May 13, 1911 On this day, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York City opened to the public. Today the garden is home to over 200 cherry trees representing forty-two different species. The garden is made up of several defined garden spaces. First, the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden was one…
Read MoreThe Cherry Trees That Changed America’s Plant Laws
Trees from Japan December 10, 1909 On this day, 2,000 cherry trees arrived in Seattle from Japan. When First Lady Helen Taft indicated, she wanted to beautify Potomac Park, the mayor of Tokyo donated 2,000 cherry trees for the project. But once the trees arrived on this day in 1909, they were found to have…
Read MoreJapanese Cherry Trees Gift: 1909 Tokyo’s Pledge to Washington, D.C.
Cherry Trees to D.C. On this day, Tokyo Mayor Yukio Ozaki pledged to give 2,000 Cherry trees to U.S. President William Howard Taft. Taft decided to plant them near the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., in West Potomac Park surrounding the Tidal Basin. The trees arrived in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 1910. This post…
Read MoreFrancis Bacon’s Garden of Philosophy: Pleasure Walks and Timeless Wisdom
Of Gardens Today is the birthday of the English philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon. Francis wrote a splendid essay called “Of Gardens.” The essay contains many quotable thoughts on gardening – although the opening line is the most quoted. “God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. It…
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