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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 1788 On this day, Horace Walpole wrote about the powerful impact of rain on the garden. 1893 Birth of Dorothy Thompson, American…

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From Nazi Germany to Nostalgic Blooms: Dorothy Thompson’s Journey

Dorothy Thompson, American journalist

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 11, 1893 On this day, dear readers and fellow gardeners, we celebrate the birth of a most remarkable woman, one Dorothy Thompson. This American journalist and radio broadcaster would go on to…

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