The Tree That Kept Time: Ludwig Leichhardt’s Last Garden

Ludwig Leichhardt

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 23, 1813 It was on this day in 1813, as autumn leaves were turning in Prussia, that Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt was born. And oh, what a reminder his story is of…

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From Seed to Celebration: Jane Green’s Zucchini Chronicles

Zucchini in the garden.

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 7, 2013 On this day, dear fellow cultivators of the earth, we find ourselves privy to a most delightful tale of horticultural triumph. J ane Green, a gardener of seemingly boundless enthusiasm,…

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