Gardens for the Soul by Sara Bird and Dan Duchars

Gardens 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…

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November 14, 2024 Gardens for the Soul by Sara Bird and Dan Duchars

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”…

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The Landscape of Home by Edmund Hollander

The 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…

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My Favorite Plant by Jamaica Kincaid

My Favorite Plant by Jamaica Kincaid

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. My Favorite Plant by Jamaica Kincaid This book came out in 1998, and the subtitle is Writers and Gardeners on the Plants They Love. In this…

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Adventures in Eden by Carolyn Mullet

Adventures 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.…

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Seedtime and Harvest by Christie Purifoy

Seedtime and Harvest 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. Seedtime and Harvest by Christie Purifoy This book came out on March 5, 2024, and the subtitle is How Gardens Grow Roots, Connection, Wholeness, and Hope. As…

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The Cottage Garden by Claus Dalby

The 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…

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A Home in Bloom by Christie Purifoy

A 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…

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A Life in the Garden by Barbara Damrosch

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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 Life in the Garden by Barbara Damrosch This book came out in 2024, and the subtitle is Tales and Tips for Growing Food in Every…

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Life in the Garden By Bunny Williams

Life in the Garden by Bunny Williams

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. Life in the Garden by Bunny Williams And now, my dear garden enthusiasts, let us turn to today’s book recommendation, one that I believe deserves a…

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Garden Books Published on May Day Through the Years

Monet's Palate Cookbook by Aileen Bordman

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Well, it turns out that May 1st is a great day to release a brand new gardening book, and so I thought I’d wrap up today’s botanical history with three great garden books released on May 1st.   2001 The Himalayan Garden: Growing Plants from…

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Batty Langley: The Revolutionary Who Reshaped English Gardens

Batty Langley by J Carwitham, 1741

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 14, 1699 On this day, dear readers, we turn our attention to a most fascinating figure in the annals of garden history – one whose very name seems plucked from a whimsical…

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Bunny Mellon: The Garden Sorceress Behind the White House Rose Garden

Rachel Lowe Lambert Lloyd Mellon

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 9, 1910 Today is the birthday of Rachel Lowe Lambert Lloyd Mellon, also known as Bunny Mellon, my dear garden confidantes. Like a rare bloom appearing unexpectedly in one’s carefully tended perennial…

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