Literary Gardens: How Edith Wharton Designed with Words and Flowers

A very proper Edith Wharton with Miza and Mimi c. 1895.

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 1, 1937 My dear readers, on this most peculiar day, the eminent American authoress Edith Wharton suffered a rather inconvenient heart attack while gracing the country estate of her friend and co-author…

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June 1, 2021 Alberta Botanic Garden, Richard Irwin Lynch, Edith Wharton, Practical Houseplant Book by Zia Allaway and Fran Bailey, and Colleen McCullough

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

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 Our Enchanted Botanic Garden Experience | FamilyFunCanada | Kristi McGowan Welcome June! Why Was June Made? by Annette Wynne Why was June made?—Can you guess?…

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Norah Lindsay: The Socialite Who Made Gardens Poetic and Personal

Norah Bourke, later known as Norah Lindsay (née Bourke), painted by George Frederic Watts around c. 1891.

Her Magical Garden at the Manor House, Sutton Courtenay April 26, 1873 Dearest reader, On this day, the world welcomed Norah Lindsay, a British socialite whose legacy in garden design would bloom as wildly and charmingly as the gardens she fashioned. Norah was much more than a mere dilettante with a fondness for flowers—she was…

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A Pale Haze of Spring

Cherry blossoms, also known as sakura, which are the flowers of trees in the Prunus subgenus Cerasus.

by Edith Wharton The early mist had vanished, and the fields lay like a silver shield under the sun. It was one of the days when the glitter of winter shines through a pale haze of spring. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful…

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The Restless Heart of Spring: Frost, Twain, Rossetti, and Friends

Spring tulips surround a fountain in the garden.

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. Spring tulips surround a fountain in the garden. April 20, 2020 On this day, the garden seems caught between two minds—half…

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Edith Wharton’s Garden Magic: The Mount and Timeless Design

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Gardens: A Series of Outdoor Rooms  Today is the birthday of the American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and designer Edith Wharton. In 1904, Edith wrote Italian Villas and Their Gardens. Edith thought gardens should be a series of outdoor rooms and she wrote, “…In the blending of different elements, the subtle transition from the…

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January 24, 2020 Ruskin Elwood by Fieldwork, Feeding the Birds in Winter, Peter Collinson, Ferdinand Cohn, Wardian Cases, Edith Wharton, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Lab Girl by Hope Jahren, Wireless Earbuds, and Ben Lampman’s Ode to Skunk Cabbage

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

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 Ruskin Elwood by Fieldwork | HomeAdore This is still quite the house. Aside from the seamlessness with nature – check out the hidden bar, the…

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