Posts Tagged ‘Chrysanthemum’
March 18, 2021 The Chrysanthemum Comeback, Johnny Appleseed, Percy Thrower, The Left Hand of Nature, Garden Design Workbook by John Brookes, Harriet Barnes Pratt and Gardens on Parade
Today we celebrate the birthday of a man many of us have heard about, but the details of his life story are even more compelling than the legend that is part of his legacy. We’ll also learn about a gardener and broadcaster who was beloved by millions and who started off his lifelong career as…
Read MoreNovember 13, 2020 Frederick Lueders, Walter Bartlett, Howard Scott Gentry, Jane Powers, Candace Bushnell, Jeff Cox, P. Allen Smith’s Seasonal Recipes from the Garden, and the 1916 Chrysanthemum Show
Today we celebrate the German-American botanist who lost all of his botanical work in the Columbia River. We’ll also learn about the man who started the Bartlett Arboretum. We’ll remember the Agave expert who never wanted a desk job. And we’ll take a look back at an article about the relationship between royalty and the…
Read MoreThe 1883 Philadelphia Chrysanthemum Show
Mum Floriography & History November 5, 1883 On this day in Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society held its first Chrysanthemum Show in Horticultural Hall. This would be the first of several Chrysanthemum events presented by PHS to the public. Chrysanthemums have a fascinating history. In 1790, Chrysanthemums were brought back from China and introduced to…
Read MoreFrom Birth Flower to Civic Pride: The Chrysanthemum’s Remarkable Rise
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 11, 1790 On this day, dear gardening enthusiasts, we celebrate a most auspicious occasion in the annals of British horticulture. For it was on this very date that the illustrious chrysanthemum made…
Read MoreRemembering The Flower Girl: Jan Rose Kasmir, a Chrysanthemum, and the Vietnam War
“A 17-year-old high school girl named Jan Rose Kasmir walked up to a row of soldiers holding rifles with bayonets… She held a single chrysanthemum bloom in her hands.” October 21, 1967 On this day, 100,000 demonstrators attended the March on the Pentagon – one of the most massive demonstrations of the Vietnam War. …
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