Posts Tagged ‘Ellen Willmott’
From Iron Benches to Innovation: Lady Wolseley’s Garden Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 15, 1872 On this day, we cast our gaze back to when Frances Garnet Wolseley, destined to become the 2nd Viscountess Wolseley, drew her first breath into a world she would later…
Read MoreFrances Garnet Wolseley: Pioneer of Women’s Gardening Education
Gardening for Women December 24, 1936 Today is the anniversary of the death of the influential English gardening author and instructor, Frances Garnet Wolseley. A lifelong single lady, Frances devoted herself to gardening and gardening education. In 1902, on her thirtieth birthday, Frances created the Glynde College for Lady Gardeners on her father’s garden in…
Read MoreAugust 19, 2020 Michael Drolet’s Paris Apartment Design, National Potato Day, Jane Loudon, Ellen Willmott, Elizabeth Lawrence, Potato Poetry, Dahlias by Naomi Slade, and Ogden Nash’s Victory Garden
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 Behind the Winning Design: Q&A with Michael Drolet | FlowerMag Here’s an excerpt: “When Michael Drolet submitted his vibrant vision for a Paris apartment for…
Read MoreFrom Riches to Ruins: Ellen Willmott’s Horticultural Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 19, 1858 Today is the birthday of Ellen Ann Willmott, that formidable English horticulturalist born in 1858, my darling green-thumbed confidants. A woman after my own heart, though perhaps with sharper thorns…
Read MoreAugust 19 National Potato Day, Jane Webb, Phlox from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Ellen Willmott, Willis Linn Jepson, Henderina Scott, Ogden Nash, Healing Herbs by Michael Castleman, Fall Herbs, and a Letter From Elizabeth Lawrence
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 is National Potato Day. Here are some fun potato facts: The average American eats approximately 126 pounds of spuds each year. And until the 18th…
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