Posts Tagged ‘Cottage Gardens’
Outside In by Sean A. Pritchard
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Outside In by Sean A. Pritchard This book came out in 2024, and the subtitle is A Year of Growing and Displaying. In this enchanting debut,…
Read MoreRuth Pitter: The Gardener-Poet of Hainault Forest
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 7, 1897 Today in botanical history, we celebrate Ruth Pitter [PIT-er] (1897-1992), a remarkable British poet whose deep connection to nature, primarily through her beloved Hainault Forest, shaped her literary legacy. Pitter’s…
Read MoreThe Cottage Garden by Claus Dalby
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. The Cottage Garden by Claus Dalby This book came out on September 5, 2023, and the subtitle is simply perfect in its directness – there isn’t…
Read MoreRevolutionary Gardener: The Many Lives of Edward Hyams
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 30, 1910 Today we celebrate the birth of Edward Solomon Hyams, that fascinating polymath whose life embodied the rare intersection of revolutionary politics, practical horticulture, and scholarly dedication. As we shall see,…
Read MoreCottage Gardens by Claire Masset
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Cottage Gardens by Claire Masset This book came out in 2020, and the subtitle is A Celebration of Britain’s Most Beautiful Cottage Gardens, with Advice on Making Your Own. In this book, Claire shares every possible type of cottage garden. Famous profiles include writer Thomas Hardy’s cottage in Dorset,…
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2021 New Owners at Barton Springs Nursery, Benjamin Smith Barton, Winifred Mary Letts, A Sense of the Soil, Cottage Gardens by Claire Masset, and Remembering Laura Ingalls Wilder the Naturalist
Today we celebrate a botanist who gave Meriwether Lewis a crash course in botany. We’ll also learn about a poet who wrote some touching poems that incorporated the natural world. We hear some words about getting the garden ready for growing – straightforward advice on getting started. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book…
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