Posts Tagged ‘Garden Renovation’
The Ruined Garden of Calcutta: William Griffith and Nathaniel Wallich’s Bitter Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 4, 1810 Dearest reader, On this day, William Griffith was born. He was a man whose story is a cautionary tale of scientific zeal clashing with the delicate art of garden stewardship.…
Read MoreThe Garden Revolutionary: Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell’s Natural Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 13, 1750 On this day, my dearest fellow gardening enthusiasts, we celebrate the birth of a true revolutionary in the art of landscape design – Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell. And what a…
Read MoreTop Vancouver Garden Designer Nenagh McCutcheon Shares the Three R’s of Garden Renovation – Restore, Renovate, Revitalize
“It’s a sign things are wrong when trees and shrubs are too big for their location. Or paths are overgrown. Or arbors and arches are lost under mounds of foliage. All these are symptoms that a garden has lost its identity.” January 25, 2002 On this day, the Vancouver Sun shared an article by Steve…
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2021 How to Grow Chillies, Robert Burns, the Star of Bethlehem Orchid, the Vegetable History of Neeps and Tatties, Botanica Magnifica by Jonathan Singer, and the Garden’s Three R’s of Renovation
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News How to Grow Chillies | Gardener’s World Botanical History On This Day 1759 Birth of Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet, celebrated worldwide. Burns Night honors…
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