Posts Tagged ‘Eleanor Perenyi’
November 06, 2024 Finding Hope in the November Garden, Alice Lounsberry, Frank Kingdon-Ward, Favorite Poems for the Garden by Bushel & Peck Books, and Martha Turnbull
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 1868 The botanist and garden writer Alice Lounsberry is born in New York City. 1885 The renowned British botanist and explorer Frank…
Read MoreEleanor Perenyi: The Wit and Wisdom of a Garden Sage
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. January 4, 1918 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts, we celebrate the birth of a true horticultural wit, the inimitable Eleanor Perenyi. This American writer and gardener, who left us in 2009 at…
Read MoreJanuary 4, 2021 Invasive Garlic Mustard, Stephen Hales, Johanna Weterdijk, Eleanor Perenyi, Winter Garden Thoughts, A Life in Shadow by Stephen Bell, and Garden Trivia for National Trivia Day
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 Invasive Species Spotlight: Garlic Mustard | Washington Gardener | Jacqueline Hyman Botanical History On This Day 1761 Death of Stephen Hales, English clergyman–botanist who proved…
Read MoreGarden Failures
by Eleanor Perenyi It takes a while to grasp that not all failures are self-imposed, the result of ignorance, carelessness or inexperience. It takes a while to grasp that a garden isn’t a testing ground for character and to stop asking, what did I do wrong? Maybe nothing. Today’s Garden words were featured on the…
Read MoreThe Soul of the Garden: Faith, Labor, Lessons, and a Taste of Strawberries
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 summer garden with a gazebo. July 23, 2020 Today’s reflections are a gentle tribute to the art of simply being…
Read MoreGreen Thoughts by Eleanor Perenyi
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Green Thoughts by Eleanor Perenyi This book came out in 2002, and the subtitle is A Writer in the Garden. Oh, my dear, have you ever stumbled upon a book that is as delightful as a secret garden, brimming with unexpected delights and a touch of the whimsical?…
Read MoreMay 30, 2019 Extra Garden Tools, Voltaire, Gustav Leopold Miller, the Brush Weeder, Bill Burt, National Mint Julep Day, Cicily Mary Barker, The Lilac Fairyx, Green Thoughts, Eleanor Perenyi, Perennial Vines, and Concealing Unsightly Clothesline Posts
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Monologue Today I’m heading to Walmart at 1 o’clock to pick up my mobile order. It has a ton of things I need to get for my…
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