Posts Tagged ‘Fruit Trees’
November 19, 2024 November Gardens Between Activity and Rest, Helen Hunt Jackson, Danske Dandridge, Julia Wilmotte Henshaw, Outside In by Sean A. Pritchard, and Amy Baik Lee’s Garden Closing
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 1854 Danske [“DAN-sker”] Dandridge, poet, historian, and garden writer, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. 1937 Julia Wilmotte [will-MOT] Henshaw, Canadian botanist, geographer,…
Read MoreHorace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill: Rainy Reflections from an 18th-Century Garden
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 11, 1788 On this day, dear readers, we find ourselves transported to the lush gardens of Horace Walpole, that witty chronicler of 18th-century life and letters. As we meander through his verdant…
Read MoreThe Lexicographer’s Garden: Noah Webster’s Verdant Vocabulary
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 1, 1785 On this day, dear readers, we find ourselves in the company of one Noah Webster (a veritable library awaits the curious), a man whose name has become synonymous with the…
Read MoreFruit Trees for Every Garden by Orin Martin
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Fruit Trees for Every Garden by Orin Martin This book came out late in 2019, and the subtitle is An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More. Orin is the long-time manager of the renowned Alan Chadwick Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz.…
Read MoreVerses from the Orchard: The Garden Poetry of James Edwin Campbell
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 28, 1867 On this resplendent autumn day, we turn our thoughts to a master of horticultural verse, James Edwin Campbell who was born on this day. Campbell’s poetic eye captured the ephemeral…
Read MoreThe Peach Tree Incident: When a Botanist’s Paradise Became Perdition
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 13, 1916 On this day in horticultural history, we encounter a tale that serves as a rather dramatic reminder that the passion for protecting one’s garden can occasionally venture into decidedly unfortunate…
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