The Gardener’s Pen: H. E. Bates and His Literary Landscape

Herbert Ernest Bates

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 26, 1905 On this day, the literary world welcomed Herbert Ernest Bates, a wordsmith destined to paint verdant landscapes with his pen. Known to readers as H. E. Bates, this English author…

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From Bluebells to Winter Roses: The Life of Anne Brontë

Anne Bronte - enhanced and colorized - by Charlotte Bronte, 1834

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 28, 1849 Dear reader, on this day in history, we bid farewell to a literary gem, the English novelist and poet Anne Brontë. While we now celebrate the Brontë sisters for their…

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