Posts Tagged ‘environmental activism’
The Divine Miss M: Bette Midler’s Blooming Legacy in Garden and Spotlight
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. December 1, 1945 On this day, dear friends of the garden and lovers of entertainment alike, a star was born in Honolulu that would come to bloom as brightly as any flower in…
Read MoreMargaret Atwood: The Poet Laureate of Earth and Leaf
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 18, 1939 On this day, the literary world welcomed a true force of nature – Margaret Atwood, a woman whose words would bloom as profusely and provocatively as the most audacious of…
Read MoreEarth Day: Celebrating 55 years of environmental awakening
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 22, 2022 Dearest reader, On this day, we honor Earth Day, a momentous celebration that blossomed from a seed planted in 1970, igniting the modern environmental movement. Before Earth Day, pollution ran…
Read MoreBarbara Kingsolver: Spring’s Poet of Local Roots and Global Stories
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 8, 1955 Dearest garden reader, On this day, amidst the changing tides of seasons and stories, the world welcomed Barbara Kingsolver, an American writer and poet whose words bloom with the rich…
Read MoreEmma Genevieve Gillette: The Mother of Michigan’s State Parks and Conservation Pioneer
The Mother of the Michigan State Parks System May 19, 1898 Today is the birthday of the woman known as the First Lady of Michigan State Parks and Natural Areas and the “Mother” of Michigan State Parks system, Emma Genevieve Gillette, who was born in Lansing. Genevieve learned to love nature from her dad. He would…
Read MoreOlga Owens Huckins: The Journalist Whose Letter Sparked the Silent Spring Revolution
Silent Spring January 29, 1958 On this day, a letter to the editor appeared in the Boston Herald in Section 3 on Page 14 and was titled “Evidence of Havoc by DDT.” It was written by a Duxbury resident, journalist, and nature-lover: Olga Owens Huckins. Olga and her husband, Stuart, had created a little bird…
Read MoreForest and Stream: Pioneering Conservation and Outdoor Life Since 1873
The National Audobon Society The magazine Forest and Stream debuted. Forest and Stream featured outdoor activities like hunting and fishing. It was dedicated to wildlife conservation, and it helped launch the National Audubon Society. In 1930, the magazine merged with Field & Stream. This post was featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: helping gardeners find their roots, one…
Read MoreOlga Owens Huckins: The Bird Sanctuary Guardian Who Sparked Silent Spring
The National Audobon Society The magazine Forest and Stream debuted. Forest and Stream featured outdoor activities like hunting and fishing. It was dedicated to wildlife conservation, and it helped launch the National Audubon Society. In 1930, the magazine merged with Field & Stream. This post was featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: helping gardeners find their roots, one…
Read MoreJens Jensen: Dean of American Landscape Architecture and Conservation Pioneer
The National Audobon Society The magazine Forest and Stream debuted. Forest and Stream featured outdoor activities like hunting and fishing. It was dedicated to wildlife conservation, and it helped launch the National Audubon Society. In 1930, the magazine merged with Field & Stream. This post was featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: helping gardeners find their roots, one…
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