Posts Tagged ‘Delphiniums’
February 5, 2026 John Carne Bidwill, Samuel Alexander Stewart, Richardson Wright, The Forbidden Garden by Ellen Herrick, and Blackmore & Langdon
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 Some lives move quickly through the world. Others move carefully through it. They walk. They notice. They return with their pockets full of…
Read MoreOctober 23, 2024 The Autumn Garden, William Casson, Annie Lorrain Smith, Neltje Blanchan, Katharine Stewart, Life in the Garden by Bunny Williams, and Ludwig Leichhardt
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 1796 William Casson, English botanist, seed merchant, and local historian, was born. Casson dedicated his life to both plants and people, helping…
Read MoreKarl Foerster: The Guardian of Perennials and New German Garden Style
Karl Foerster Grass November 27, 1970 Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of the revered German plant breeder, writer, and garden designer Karl Foerster. Karl was born into an intellectual and accomplished family. His father was an astronomer, and his mother was a famous painter. Many gardeners are surprised to learn that Karl…
Read MoreGeorge Bernard Shaw: The Playwright Who Found God and Hope in the Garden
Shaw’s Corner Today is the birthday of the Irish playwright and critic George Bernard Shaw. In 1906, when he was 50 years old, George and his wife Charlotte bought an ivy-covered brick country house set on almost four acres of land that ultimately became known as Shaw’s Corner in Ayot St Lawrence. For over four…
Read MoreThe Dormouse’s Garden: A.A. Milne’s Delightful Ode to Delphiniums, Geraniums, and Chrysanthemums
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. A. A. Milne, the renowned English author and playwright, best known for his creation of Winnie-the-Pooh. July 7, 2020 Today we…
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