Posts Tagged ‘Constance Spry’
March 16, 2021 Rewilding Your Land, Anna Atkins, Martinus Beijerinck (“By-a-rink”), Constance Spry during WWII, Garden Design Master Class by Carl Dellatore, and the Legend of the Trailing Arbutus
Today we celebrate a woman who made botanical art through her pioneering photography. We’ll also learn about a man who discovered something new and gave it a name that we are all too familiar with today: the virus. We hear an excerpt from a book about one of the world’s top floral designers and gardeners…
Read MoreDecember 18, 2020 The Best Stunning Winter Bark, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Lady Cromer, David Austin, a 700-year-old Christmas tree, Rachel Peden, Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist by Michael Judd, and the story of the Tom Cox Arboretum
Today we celebrate the man who cleverly saved the Royal Botanic Garden during the French Revolution. We’ll also learn about the woman who lavishly decorated her bathroom with a garden theme almost a hundred years ago. We look back at a successful bid to save a 700-year-old Christmas Tree in Oregon. We’ll remember one of…
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Keep Calm and Carry On January 3, 1960 Today is the 40th anniversary of the death of the florist Constance Spry. In 1929, Constance – who went by Connie – unveiled her first floral shop window display, and she shocked London by using hedgerow flowers. Ever the trailblazer, Connie began creating flower arrangements for dinner…
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Spread Joy to Many On this day in 1929, Constance Spry – who went by Connie – unveiled her first floral shop window display, and she shocked London by using hedgerow flowers. Connie was a trailblazer. In the 1920s, she began creating flower arrangements for dinner parties. Her work made her an immediate hit with…
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