Posts Tagged ‘Frida Kahlo’
July 6, 2022 Antoine de Jussieu, John Wesley Powell, Marc Chagall, Frida Kahlo, The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Guide by Jenny Rose Carey, and Kenneth Grahame
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 1686 Birth of Antoine de Jussieu (“Ann-twan do Jyou-sue”), French naturalist, botanist, and physician. Jussieu was part of the renowned Jussieu family…
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 MoreMay 3, 2022 Garden Meditation Day, Thomas Tusser, Martha Crone, Japanese Internment Gardens, Frida Kahlo, Understanding Orchids by William Cullina, and May Sarton
Botanical History On This Day 1580 Thomas Tusser, English poet and farmer, died, leaving behind his beloved Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. Tusser’s timeworn advice is as vital as the scent of fresh earth—his verses invite all gardeners to reap wisdom and wit even as the centuries slip away. What secret did a poet-farmer…
Read MoreFrida Kahlo’s Weeping Coconuts: A Botanical Symbol of Pain and Resilience
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 3, 1946 On this day, the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo presented a curious wedding gift to her friends Lina and Arcady Boitler: a painting titled Weeping Coconuts. Within its husked faces, Kahlo…
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