Posts Tagged ‘Elizabeth Wirt’
Celebrating the Woman Who Anonymously Wrote the Floral Dictionary: Elizabeth Wirt
“Elizabeth shared all she knew about the history of each flower she featured in her dictionary. Gardeners adored her book. It was republished every two years.” January 30, 1784 On this day, the American Floral Dictionary author Elizabeth Wirt was born. Elizabeth was the second wife of William Wirt, who served as an attorney general…
Read MoreSan Francisco’s Name Change, Louise Beebe Wilder’s Garden Writing Legacy, and Ann Taylor’s Garden Poetry
Yerba Buena Today the city of Yerba Buena (“YAIR-Bah Byoo-Nah”) is renamed San Francisco. San Francisco was originally known as Yerba Buena – Spanish for “good herb” – a small mint-like plant early explorers found. Over the years, people have left their hearts in San Francisco. The author Rudyard Kipling said, “San Francisco has only…
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2020 Good Garden Decisions, African Violets, George Ehret, Adelbert von Chamisso, Yerba Buena, Louise Beebe Wilder, Asa Gray, Ann Taylor, The Seed Underground by Janisse Ray, Garden Cloche, and Elizabeth Wirt
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 Good Decisions by @papaver Alison Levey (“Lee-Vee”) – The Blackberry Garden “I planted them and whispered to the nearby ants ‘when you wake up, take…
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