Posts Tagged ‘Frederick Law Olmsted’
April 26, 2022 Jan Davidsz. de Heem, John James Audubon, Eugene Delacroix, Frederick Law Olmsted, Crinum by Augustus Jenkins Farmer, and Charles Townes
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Podchaser Leave a Review Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History 1684 Death of Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Dutch ornate still-life painter. He is remembered as the most…
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The Father of American Landscape Architecture It was on this day that the father of American landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted, walked the battlefield of Gettysburg – just 15 days after the battle. Olmsted was the General Secretary of the United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) – overseeing the support of sick and wounded soldiers of…
Read MoreJuly 18, 2020 A Daily Practice to Improve Garden Skills, Gilbert White, Jane Austen, Frederick Law Olmsted, Emilia Hazelip, The Gardener Poem, The Solitary Bees by Bryan N. Danforth, Robert L. Minckley, John L. Neff, and Frances Fawcett, and The Botanist by Maxfield Parrish
Today we celebrate the English naturalist who kept a journal for almost three decades. We’ll also learn about the famous English novelist who loved to garden. We salute the father of American landscape architecture and his trip to Gettysburg on this day in 1863. We also recognize the Spanish woman who pioneered a system of…
Read MoreJuly 15, 2020 Climate-Change-Ready Trees, St. Swithin’s Day, Inigo Jones, John Wilson, Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps, Niagra Falls, Insect Poetry, How to Cheat at Gardening and Yard Work by Jeff Bredenberg, and William Robinson
Today we celebrate St. Swithin’s Day. We’ll also learn about the English architect who brought classical Roman architecture and the Italian Renaissance to gardens. We celebrate the botanist who attempted to sell his cow to buy a botany book by Robert Morison. We also celebrate the birthday of a botanist and a teacher of Emily…
Read MoreNovember 19, 2019 German Garden Ideas, Christmas Cactus Care, Grave Gardening, Nathan Franklin Barrett, Calvert Vaux, Tennyson, John Tabb, Adventures of a Gardener by Peter Smithers, Place Cards, and Botanical Brothers at Gettysburg
Today we celebrate the co-founder of the American Society of Landscape Architects and a man who maximized his small space garden about 130 years before the rest of us. We’ll learn about the man who came to America to work with Andrew Jackson Downing, and then they both ended up dying by drowning 43 years…
Read MoreA Swiss Visionary’s American Gardens: Celebrating Jacob Weidenmann
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 22, 1829 My verdant-souled companions, today marks the birth of a most illustrious figure in our horticultural pantheon – the botanist Jacob Weidenmann, who graced this earth on this day, emerging from…
Read MoreThe Dean of American Architecture: Richard Morris Hunt’s Legacy in Garden Design
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 31, 1895 On this day, dear garden friends, we mark the passing of Richard Morris Hunt, that most American of architects who brought European grandeur to our shores with a flourish that…
Read MoreWhen Olmsted Walked Among the Fallen: A Landscape Architect at Gettysburg
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 18, 1863 It was on this day in 1863 that Frederick Law Olmsted, the illustrious father of American landscape architecture, trod upon the hallowed grounds of Gettysburg, a mere fortnight after that…
Read MoreJuly 18, 2019 Growing Chervil, Gilbert White, Jane Austen, Frederick Law Olmsted, Eleanor Sinclair-Rhode, A Southern Garden by Elizabeth Lawrence, Irrigation Check, Maxfield Parrish and The Botanist
Have you tried growing the herb chervil? Chervil tastes similar to tarragon – it’s sometimes called gourmet parsley. It has a beautiful fern-like leaf, which turns red in the fall, which is another plus. August is a beautiful time to sow chervil – so keep that in mind. The 1884 Dictionary of English Names of…
Read MoreTwo Words That Changed Gardens Forever: The Gilbert Laing Meason Story
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 3, 1828 On this day, dear readers, Gilbert Laing Meason came into this world with no inkling of the linguistic legacy he would bestow upon generations of garden enthusiasts to come. A…
Read MoreFrederick Law Olmsted’s Unexpected Political Bloom: The Nomination He Promptly Pruned
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 21, 1872 On this day, Frederick Law Olmsted, the mastermind behind America’s most beloved public gardens, found himself thrust into the political arena—much to his own surprise. The lauded landscape architect was…
Read MoreJune 21, 2019 The Best Time in the Garden, Abraham Mignon, Cyrus McCormick, Frederick Law Olmsted, Summer Solstice, Donald Culross Peattie, Flowering Earth, National Selfie Day, and Advice on Weeding from 1843
When is the best time to divide? To prune? To transplant? In general, the answer I most often give is that the best time to do anything is when you’re standing there with a shovel, or a knife, or a spade in your hand. We are all so busy. Our gardens can get away from…
Read MoreA City Cloaked in Leaves: Rochester’s Verdant Vision
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 7, 1888 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts, a momentous occasion unfolded in the fair city of Rochester, New York. The Rochester Parks Commission, a group of visionaries with an eye for…
Read MoreThe 1893 Chicago World’s Fair: When America Became a Garden
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 1, 1893 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts and history buffs, the gates of the Chicago World’s Fair swung open, unveiling a horticultural spectacle that would captivate over 27 million visitors…
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