Outside In by Sean A. Pritchard

Outside In by Sean A. Pritchard

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. Outside In by Sean A. Pritchard This book came out in 2024, and the subtitle is A Year of Growing and Displaying. In this enchanting debut,…

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New Nordic Gardens by Annika Zetterman

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…

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Beatrix Farrand’s 1916 Vision for the NYBG’s Rose Garden

Beatrix Farrand

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…

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William Wordsworth Landscape Designer: A Winter Garden Made with Poetry

William Wordsworth

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…

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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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When Williamsburg Bloomed: John Custis’s Garden Vision

John Custis IV, by Charles Bridges, 1725

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 14, 1749 On this day, John Custis IV, an American planter, politician, government official, and military officer, died. His garden legacy has recently captured headlines as archaeologists uncover what was once colonial…

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Beyond The Thinker: Auguste Rodin’s Horticultural Haven

Auguste Rodin

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…

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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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From Wild Gardens to City Planning: Warren Manning’s Living Legacy

Warren Manning as a young man

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 7, 1860 Today, we celebrate Warren H. Manning, a visionary landscape architect whose birth was commemorated by his father with the planting of an elm tree – a fitting tribute for a…

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Breaking Ground: Ellen Biddle Shipman’s Garden Legacy

Ellen Shipman (colorized), 1890, Streeter collection

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 5, 1869 Today we celebrate the birth of Ellen Biddle Shipman, a woman who found her voice in the whispers of flowers and her strength in the structure of garden walls. Ellen…

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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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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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