Posts Tagged ‘garden quotes’
Cultivating Wisdom: Thoreau’s Lessons for the Modern Gardener
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 12, 1817 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of a most remarkable individual, one Henry David Thoreau. A man of letters, a philosopher of nature, and dare I…
Read MoreThe Wise Wit: Geoffry Charlesworth’s Garden Observations
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 29, 1920 Today, we honor the birth of Geoffry B. Charlesworth, whose wit and wisdom continue to delight those of us who recognize our own horticultural obsessions in his words. Consider his…
Read MoreLiterary Gardens: How Edith Wharton Designed with Words and Flowers
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 1, 1937 My dear readers, on this most peculiar day, the eminent American authoress Edith Wharton suffered a rather inconvenient heart attack while gracing the country estate of her friend and co-author…
Read MoreParadise Regained: The Resurrection of Henry Nehrling’s Botanical Wonder
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 28, 1974 On this day, the Panama City News out of Panama City, Florida published a story about one of Florida’s most outstanding horticulturists: Dr. Henry Nehrling, who was an ornithologist, botanist,…
Read MoreElbert Hubbard: The Philosopher Who Would Trade Bread for Hyacinths
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 19, 1856 On this day, dear gardeners, we celebrate the birth of one Elbert Green Hubbard—a man whose flowery words have seeded themselves across the literary landscape with as much vigor as…
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