Posts Tagged ‘flower symbolism’
The Orange Blossom: Florida’s Perfumed Emblem
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 15, 1909 On this day, the orange blossom was named the official state flower of Florida. It was a choice as inevitable as it was fragrant, for what else could capture the…
Read MoreEternal Blooms: Frida Kahlo’s Artistic Garden of Immortality
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 6, 1907 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of Frida Kahlo (books about this person), that indomitable Mexican painter whose brush strokes have forever changed the landscape of art.…
Read MoreVita Sackville-West: Sissinghurst’s Poet and Garden Muse
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 2, 1962 Dearest garden reader, On this day, we remember the passing of Vita Sackville-West, a woman of deep complexities and extraordinary talents—English author, poet, and one of the most influential garden…
Read MoreBeyond Sight: Helen Keller’s Profound Connection to Nature
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 1, 1968 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts, we bid farewell to a remarkable soul whose connection to nature transcended the boundaries of sight and sound. Helen Keller, that indomitable spirit and…
Read MoreBlooming Wisdom: Arthur Cleveland Coxe and the Language of Flowers
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 10, 1818 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts, we celebrate the birth of a most intriguing figure: Arthur Cleveland Coxe, American theologian, composer, and evidently, a man with a profound appreciation for…
Read MoreThe poet of the Blue Flower: Novalis and the garden’s most elusive bloom
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 2, 1772 The cradle of Saxony held a child named Friedrich von Hardenberg, destined to be known to the world as Novalis, the poet who taught us to dream in blue. His…
Read MoreCharlotte Forten’s “To a Beloved Friend”: Friendship and Floriography in 1858
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 2, 1858 Far from home and aching for Salem, Charlotte Forten sat in Philadelphia with loneliness pressing close. In that city, her freedoms shrank, her color a barrier at parlors and salons…
Read MoreJerry Seinfeld’s Floral Humor and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Cherry Blossom Festival
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 29, 1954 On this day, Jerry Seinfeld was born. Known for finding humor in life’s tiniest absurdities, even flowers did not escape his notice. He once joked about our fondness for gifting…
Read MoreCharlotte Brontë and the Brontë Sisters: Literary Legends with a Modest Garden
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 21, 1816 Dearest reader, On this day, the eldest of the remarkable Brontë sisters, Charlotte, was born—a woman whose pen painted some of English literature’s most enduring and poignant portraits. Though not…
Read MoreBlooms of Fate: Levi Lamborn, William McKinley, and the Rise of the Scarlet Carnation
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 8. 1859 Dearest reader, On this day, the Ohio Legislature bestowed upon the charming city of Alliance the fitting title of the “Carnation City,” heralded as “truly the home of Ohio’s State…
Read MoreJosephine Margetts and the Violet’s Victory: How New Jersey Found Its Flower
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 16, 1971 Dearest reader, On this day in 1971, the violet—New Jersey’s charming and humble state flower—was officially adopted by the legislature, thanks to the steadfast efforts of Senator Josephine Margetts. Imagine…
Read MoreIn Search of the Mother’s Garden: Alice Walker’s Blossoming Words
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: February 9, 1944 Dearest reader, On this day, the literary world and garden of human experience welcomed Alice Walker, an American novelist, poet, and social activist whose work would bloom with profound beauty and fierce strength. Alice’s most celebrated creation, The Color Purple, won…
Read MoreRoses, Nematodes, and Literary Battles: Eudora Welty’s Garden of Stories
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 1, 1972 Dearest reader, On this day, The Tampa Tribune turned its discerning gaze toward the incomparable Eudora Welty, that Mississippi enchantress whose pen captured the humid pulse of Southern life with…
Read MoreHumble Blooms: The Garden Wisdom of Henry King
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 30, 1669 On this day, we mark the passing of Henry King, Bishop of Chichester and intimate friend of John Donne, whose verses on flowers reveal both the humility of a true…
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