Fletcher Steele Archives

The Master of Ephemeral Arts: Fletcher Steele’s Garden Legacy

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 7, 1885 On this day, Fletcher Steele, that most enigmatic American landscape architect, drew his first breath. A man destined to transform hillsides into havens and gardens into gossip, with over 700…

Fletcher Steele, Landscape Architect by Robin Karson

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Fletcher Steele, Landscape Architect by Robin S. Karson This book came out in 1989, and the subtitle is An Account of the Gardenmaker’s Life, 1885-1971. Robin Karson, in her masterful biography, invites us into Steele’s world, revealing the man behind the legend. With a touch of wit and…

June 7, 2019 Garden Journal Format, Louis Claude Richard, Daniel Boone, Fletcher Steele, Jack Harlan, Jean Arp, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Robin Karson, Photo Friday, and the Southeastern Plant Symposium

I ran across a fascinating old journal as I was researching this show – what I especially loved about it was the layout. If you want to copy it here’s what you do: Dedicate a page of your journal to each type of plant in your garden. Make some notes about the characteristics of the…