Posts Tagged ‘family heritage’
From Muckraker to Garden Maker: Ida Tarbell at Twin Oaks
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 5, 1857 On this day, Ida Tarbell was born – a woman who would become known for exposing Standard Oil’s monopolistic practices but who found her greatest peace tending to her beloved…
Read MoreSir Walter Scott and Abbotsford: His Beloved Home and Garden in the Scottish Borders
Pen in Hand On this day in 1832, the author and poet Sir Walter Scott arrived back at his incredible home called Abbottsford on the banks of the River Tweed in the beautiful Scottish borders. Scott’s health was failing him, and he asked that a bed be set up in the dining room so that…
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