Edible Flowers Archives

Unveiling the Secrets of Peony Perfection: Lessons from 1908

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 8, 1908 On this day, dear readers, a most intriguing review of the Peterson Nursery in Chicago graced the pages of horticultural discourse, offering a tantalizing glimpse into their annual peony week.…

January 27 2021 Predicting the New Year’s 2021 Garden Trends, Lewis Carroll, Terramycin, Skunk Cabbage, Botanical Baking by Juliet Sear, and the Surprise in a Botanist’s Garden: Running Buffalo Clover

Today we celebrate the writer inspired by the Oxford Botanic Garden – a place he saw every day. We’ll also learn about medicine with roots in the soil in Indiana. We’ll hear a lovely excerpt about a harbinger of spring: Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) We Grow That Garden Library™ with a fantastic book about botanical…

From Birth Flower to Civic Pride: The Chrysanthemum’s Remarkable Rise

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 11, 1790 On this day, dear gardening enthusiasts, we celebrate a most auspicious occasion in the annals of British horticulture. For it was on this very date that the illustrious chrysanthemum made…