Posts Tagged ‘Daphne du Maurier’
May 13, 2026 Enid Annenberg Haupt, Beth Chatto, Laurie Lee, In a Green Shade by Allen Lacy, and Daphne du Maurier
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 This is the time of year to throw a spring garden party. It doesn’t have to be fancy. A few chairs. A pitcher…
Read MoreMay 13, 2022 Mary Russell Mitford, Nora Perry, Enid Annenberg Haupt, William Bartram, The Multifarious Mr. Banks by Toby Musgrave, and Daphne du Maurier
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 1815 Mary Russell Mitford contrasted her grandmothers’ stiff “beau-pots” with her own carefree, nature-first bouquets—ushering in a looser, lovelier language of flowers.…
Read MoreManderley’s Shadows and Rhododendrons: Daphne du Maurier’s Gardened Imagination
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 13, 1907 Birth of Daphne du Maurier, the English novelist whose pages grow thick with leaves—rhododendrons fifty feet tall, azaleas perfuming memory, and hothouse orchids with a hint of danger. Her work…
Read MoreClara Coltman Rogers Vyvyan: Garden Dreams and Timeless Tales
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 28, 1885 Dearest readers, On this day, we celebrate the birthday of the remarkable Clara Coltman Rogers Vyvyan, an Australian-English writer and gardener whose life was as richly layered as the ancient…
Read MoreMay 13, 2021 Keeping a Garden Journal, William Christman, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Heirloom Daffodils, Natural Companions by Ken Druse, and Daphne du Maurier
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 The Essential Gardening Step You’re Probably Skipping | Food52.com | Nadia Hassani Botanical History On This Day 1864 On this day, Private William Christman became…
Read MoreDaphne du Maurier: Mysteries and Gardens in Literary Blooms
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 13, 1907 On this day, we celebrate the birth of the bewitching English author and playwright Daphne du Maurier (“Mor-ee-aya”), a lady of London lineage and a middle daughter in a celebrated…
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