April 26, 2022 Jan Davidsz. de Heem, John James Audubon, Eugene Delacroix, Frederick Law Olmsted, Crinum by Augustus Jenkins Farmer, and Charles Townes

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1684 Jan Davidsz. de Heem, the Dutch still-life master, died. His fantastical bouquets defied the seasons, uniting blooms that would never meet…

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Eugène Delacroix: The Romantic Master’s Early Flower Painting

Eugène Delacroix (colorized and enhanced)

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 26, 1798 On this day, the French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix was born. Though his name is carried on the wings of history as a painter of dramatic battles and stirring scenes,…

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April 26, 2019 Placement of Early Spring Bloomers, Eugene Delacroix, Charles Townes, Irma Franzen-Heinrichsdorff, John J. Audobon, Frederick Law Olmsted, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kavanagh, Justin Martin, Photo Friday, Anna Eliza Reed Woodcock, and the Michigan State Flower

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee  Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community Monologue  How close are your earliest bloomers to your front door? Your crocus, snowdrops, iris, daffodils, tulips, forsythia, daphnes, and magnolias? When I redid my front garden…

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The Romantic’s Bouquet: Delacroix and “A Vase of Flowers”

Eugene Delacroix

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 26, 1798 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of a true titan of French art, Eugene Delacroix. Born in the twilight of the 18th century, Delacroix would go on…

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