Garden Shed Archives

February 12, 2021 Organizing the Garden Shed, Jan Swammerdam, George Jackman, Walking Through the Garden at Night, Desert Gardens of Steve Martino by Caren Yglesias, and Celebrating William Mason

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

November 23, 2020 Fibonacci in the Garden, Nathaniel Ward, Alexander Anderson, Roald Dahl, Gladys Taber, The Farm by Ian Knauer, and How to Care for Your Poinsettia

Remembering British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his Love of Gardening

Arthur Conan Doyle (colorized) Portrait BEF c. 1904.

“After Arthur’s death, newspaper accounts shared that he was buried in his garden next to his garden shed. Arthur’s garden hut was the place Arthur went to write his stories about one of the world’s best-loved detectives: Sherlock Holmes.” July 7, 1930 On this day, British writer and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died. …

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: He wrote in his Garden Shed and is Buried in his Garden

“His family found him lying on the ground, one hand clutching his heart and the other holding a white snowdrop.” May 22, 1859 On this day, the British writer and doctor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born. In researching Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s life, I learned that Arthur was bedridden the spring before he…