The Garden Revolutionary: Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell’s Natural Legacy

Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell by Clemens Zimmermann, after 1808

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 13, 1750 On this day, my dearest fellow gardening enthusiasts, we celebrate the birth of a true revolutionary in the art of landscape design – Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell. And what a…

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William Robinson: The Revolutionary Who Liberated Our Gardens

William Robinson

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 15, 1838 Dear readers, today we celebrate the birth of none other than William Robinson, that revolutionary figure who dared to liberate our gardens from the tyrannical regime of formal landscaping! Born…

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