Posts Tagged ‘garden tourism’
Beyond The Thinker: Auguste Rodin’s Horticultural Haven
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 12, 1840 On this day, Auguste Rodin (oh-GOOST roh-DAN), the great French sculptor, was born. A man who found the divine in both marble and flowers – Auguste Rodin would ultimately earn…
Read MoreNever Against Nature: Thomas Hanbury’s La Mortola
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 2, 1867 On this day, Thomas Hanbury, a man of discerning taste and boundless ambition, purchased a property that would become a testament to his love of nature and his desire to…
Read MoreFrom Dairy Farm to Dreamscape: The Horticultural Vision of William Shenstone
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 18, 1714 On this day, the garden world welcomed a true visionary – William Shenstone, English poet and landscape gardener extraordinaire, drew his first breath. Little did the world know that this…
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