The Unsung Season by Sydney Eddison

The Unsung Season by Sydney Eddison

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: The Unsung Season: Gardens and Gardeners in Winter by Sydney Eddison Published in 1995, The Unsung Season is written for gardeners who live where winter is real. Sydney Eddison explores what happens when the garden goes quiet and how gardeners adapt. Some strap on snowshoes to check beds.…

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Edna St. Vincent Millay: The Poet Who Blossomed Among the Flowers

Edna St. Vincent Millay with Magnolia in spring photographed by Arnold Genthe in 1914 in Mamaroneck, New York.

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 22, 1892 Dearest Gardeners, Today we celebrate the birth of Edna St. Vincent Millay (books by this author), that American lyrical poet and playwright whose verses have become as cherished as the very…

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The Restless Heart of Spring: Frost, Twain, Rossetti, and Friends

Spring tulips surround a fountain in the garden.

Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Spring tulips surround a fountain in the garden. April 20, 2020 On this day, the garden seems caught between two minds—half…

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Alive Beneath the Snow: January’s Hidden Garden Work

The garden in winter.

Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. The garden in winter. January 14, 2020 On this day, let us cast aside the common misconception that January is merely…

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Saint Bernard Tolomeo: Patron Saint of Patient Gardeners

Saint Bernardo Tolomei (1272-1348), an Italian saint and the founder of the Benedictine Congregation of the Blessed Virgin of Monte Oliveto, also known as the Olivetan monks.

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 21st every year… My darling garden companions, today is St. Bernard Tolomeo’s Day, the Patron Saint of Olive Growers. What a delicious coincidence for us dirt-under-the-fingernails types! This Tuscan treasure was born…

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Harold Glenn Borland: The Voice of Seasons and the Patience of Trees

Hal Borland

Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Hal Borland May 14, 1900 On this day, Harold Glenn Borland was born — a man who became America’s quiet chronicler…

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