Posts Tagged ‘garden mythology’
The Garden’s Secret Language: Francis Palgrave’s Floral Poetry
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 28, 1824 On this autumn day, when garden conversations turn to seasonal farewells, we celebrate the birth of Francis Turner Palgrave, whose poetic vision captured the mysterious dialogues that unfold daily in…
Read MoreAngels in the Garden: Wilson Rawls and the Mythical Red Fern
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 24, 1913 My fellow seekers of garden lore and literary magic, on this day, we celebrate the birth of Wilson Rawls, a man who gave us perhaps the most enigmatic plant in…
Read MoreThe legend of the loganberry: Morris Bishop’s playful garden tale
by Morris Bishop A rose once bloomed in a garden, White and dainty and fair, By the garden wall at evenfall It dreamed and nodded there; And a raspberry bush climbed over the wall And hung in a rakish pose; “Haven’t we met somewhere, my pet?” The raspberry said to the rose. The pure white…
Read MoreKubla Khan’s Xanadu: The Dreamlike Garden of a Mongol Emperor
Kubla Kahn’s Grandson Today is the birthday of the grandson of Genghis Khan, Kubla Khan, who was born on this day in 1215. Kubla Khan’s Summer Garden at Xanadu is the subject of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 1797 poem Kubla Khan. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through…
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