Posts Tagged ‘garden aesthetics’
New Nordic Gardens by Annika Zetterman
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. New Nordic Gardens by Annika Zetterman This book came out in February 2023, and the subtitle is Scandinavian Landscape Design. In this captivating exploration of Scandinavian…
Read MoreGardens for the Soul by Sara Bird and Dan Duchars
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Gardens for the Soul by Sara Bird and Dan Duchars This book came out in 2022, and the subtitle is: Sustainable and Stylish Outdoor Spaces Sara…
Read MoreNovember 14, 2024 A Second Spring, Nell Gwynn, John Custis IV, Gardens for the Soul by Sara Bird and Dan Duchars, and Robert Buist
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 1687 Eleanor “Nell” Gwynn, died at the age of 37 in her Pall Mall house in London. Known as “pretty, witty Nell”…
Read MoreHabitat Creation In Garden Design by Catherine Heatherington and Alex Johnson
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Habitat Creation In Garden Design by Catherine Heatherington and Alex Johnson This book was released on August 1st, 2023, and the subtitle is A Guide to…
Read MoreThe Cottage Garden by Claus Dalby
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. The Cottage Garden by Claus Dalby This book came out on September 5, 2023, and the subtitle is simply perfect in its directness – there isn’t…
Read MoreA Home in Bloom by Christie Purifoy
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. A Home in Bloom by Christie Purifoy This book came out in April 2023, and the subtitle is Four Enchanted Seasons with Flowers. My dear garden…
Read MoreGardening with a Light Touch: Hugh Johnson’s Reflections on Weeding and Wildness
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 12, 2012 Dearest garden reader, On this day, the eminent gardener and writer Hugh Johnson, known for his celebrated books such as Trees and The Principles of Gardening, shared a charming reflection…
Read MoreThe Garden as a Perfect Rosary: Mary Russell Mitford’s Picturesque Nook
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 11, 1824 Dearest garden reader, On this day, the gifted author Mary Russell Mitford penned to her friend Benjamin Robert Haydon a tender portrait of her little garden—a sanctuary she described as…
Read MoreMargaret Leland Goldsmith: The Journalist Who Reflected on the Perils of Gardening Hue
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: May 4, 1894 The journalist, translator, and historical novelist Margaret Leland Goldsmith was born. Though she penned weighty works of history and biography, it is her light-hearted confession in a 1936 essay for Scribner’s Magazine that endears her forever to gardeners: a declaration of…
Read MoreAlice Morse Earle: Historian of Gardens and Nature’s Gentle Lessons
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 27, 1851 On this day, American historian and author Alice Morse Earle was born. She was a gentle curator of garden memory whose books—Old Time Gardens (1901) and Sun Dials and Roses…
Read MoreGarden as landscape painting: The visionary legacy of William Kent
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 12, 1748 Dearest reader, On this day, we bid farewell to William Kent — painter, dreamer, and the man who quite literally painted upon the earth. Before Kent’s hands shaped the English…
Read MoreSteve Jobs: Visionary Innovator Inspired by Kyoto Gardens
The Kyoto Gardens February 24, 1955 Today is the birthday of the founder of Apple, Steve Jobs. A lover of simplicity and elegance, Steve once said that, “The most sublime thing I’ve ever seen are the gardens around Kyoto.” To Steve, the ultimate Kyoto garden was the Saiho-ji (“Sy-ho-jee”) – and most people would agree…
Read MoreElizabeth Lawrence’s Poetic Letter: Beauty and Sadness in the Winter Garden
Leaves Falling November 19, 1934 On this day, the garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence wrote to her sister: “…The first of the week I picked the last of your red and yellow zinnias, just before the frost finished up everything. But Ithink gardens are just as pretty in winter. The winter grass is so fresh when…
Read MoreRyan Gainey: Self-Taught Landscape Designer and Master Gardener
A Bountiful Life It’s the anniversary of the death of the landscape designer extraordinaire, Ryan Gainey. Ryan died trying to save his two beloved Jack Russell terrier’s, Jellybean Leo and Baby Ruth, from a fire at his home. Neither he nor his dogs survived. When it came to landscape design, Ryan was entirely self-taught. In…
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