Henry Beston: The Naturalist’s Guide to Soulful Gardening

Henry Beston in the garden

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 1, 1888 On this day, dear readers and fellow gardeners, we celebrate the birth of Henry Beston (books by this author), that most esteemed American writer and naturalist. As we delve into…

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May 31, 2022 Walt Whitman, Charles McIlvaine, Elizabeth Coatsworth, Virginia Woolf, The Pickled Pantry by Andrea Chesman, and Louisa Yeomans King

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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 1819 Birth of Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist. 1840 Birth of Charles McIlvaine, American author, and mycologist. 1893 Birth of…

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From Nosegays to Newbery: The Floral Verses of Elizabeth Coatsworth

Elizabeth Coatsworth and husband by the Iris bed

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 31, 1893 On this day, dear readers and lovers of verse, we celebrate the birth of Elizabeth Coatsworth, that most enchanting American writer of fiction and poetry for both children and adults.…

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November 25, 2019 Best Holiday Botanical Garden, Vancouver Seawall, Francisco de Paula Marín, Leonard Woolf, Hideo Sasaki, Rudolph Boysen, Orchid Modern by Marc Hachadourian, Holiday Microgreens, and Starting a Walking Club

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Today we celebrate the Spaniard who brought the pineapple and coffee to Hawaii.  We’ll learn about the man who gardened at Monks House so much it would cause fights with his wife. We’ll honor the Japanese American Landscape Architect, who designed many of our Modern Urban Public Spaces and the man who came up with…

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November Comes and November Goes

by Elizabeth Coatsworth November comes And November goes,  With the last red berries  And the first white snows. With night coming early,  And dawn coming late,  And ice in the bucket  And frost by the gate. The fires burn  And the kettles sing,  And earth sinks to rest  Until next spring. As featured onThe Daily…

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