Posts Tagged ‘Garden Innovation’
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 MoreBeatrix 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 MoreThe Yorkshire Alchemist: William Casson’s Revolutionary Garden Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 23, 1796 It was on this day that William Casson was born. He entered our gardening story on what historical records tell us was an unusually warm October morning in Yorkshire. Now,…
Read MoreThomas Blanchard: The Apple-Paring Prodigy Every Gardener Should Know
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 24, 1788 On this day, the magnificent Thomas Blanchard, a self-taught tinkerer of extraordinary talents, graced our world with his arrival. While not a gardener by trade, his inventive spirit speaks to…
Read MoreNecessity’s Curious Offspring: How Garden Disaster Birthed the Bicycle
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 12, 1817 On this day, a most curious contraption made its debut among the fashionable set of Mannheim, Germany. One Karl Freiherr von Drais, a forest ranger with evidently too much time…
Read MoreThe Flaming Legacy of Carl Nyberg: How the Blowtorch Became a Gardener’s Secret Weapon
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 28, 1858 Today marks the birth of Carl Richard Nyberg (May 28, 1858 – 1939), a Swedish inventor whose blowtorch creation would eventually lead to that most satisfying of garden implements –…
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