Posts Tagged ‘garden architecture’
Beatrix Farrand’s 1916 Vision for the NYBG’s Rose Garden
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 18, 1916 On this day, renowned landscape architect Beatrix Farrand (FAIR-rand) created a visionary rose garden plan for the New York Botanical Garden. This garden would become one of the most significant…
Read MoreWilliam Wordsworth Landscape Designer: A Winter Garden Made with Poetry
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 15, 1806 On this day, William Wordsworth received a life-changing invitation from Lady Margaret Willes Beaumont to design and build a winter garden at her estate in an old gravel quarry. This…
Read MoreFrom Amazon to Windsor: The Water Lily Tale
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 13, 1849 On this day, a most extraordinary presentation took place at Windsor Castle. Queen Victoria, known for her love of botanical wonders, was about to encounter her magnificent namesake – the…
Read MoreBeyond The Thinker: Auguste Rodin’s Horticultural Haven
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 12, 1840 On this day, Auguste Rodin (oh-GOOST roh-DAN), the great French sculptor, was born. A man who found the divine in both marble and flowers – Auguste Rodin would ultimately earn…
Read MoreThe Landscape of Home by Edmund Hollander
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 Landscape of Home by Edmund Hollander This book came out in March 2024, and the subtitle is In the Country, By the Sea, In the…
Read MoreAdventures in Eden by Carolyn Mullet
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. Adventures in Eden by Carolyn Mullet This book was released in December 2020, and the subtitle is An Intimate Tour of the Private Gardens of Europe.…
Read MoreThe Pink Lady of Woodhills: Cora Older’s Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 24, 1875 And it was on this day in 1875, my dear friend, that a remarkable woman who would come to be known as “The Pink Lady” was born in Clyde, New…
Read MoreHorace Walpole: The Gothic Gardener of Strawberry Hill
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 23, 1717 My dearest garden enthusiasts, on this day we celebrate the birth of Horace Walpole, a man who not only gave us the word ‘serendipity’ but whose “enchanted little landscape” would…
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