March 2, 2022 Joel Roberts Poinsett, Sholem Aleichem, Geoffrey Grigson, Ayn Rand, Charles Bessey, By Any Other Name by Simon Morley, and John Irving

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Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee  Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1779 Birth of Joel Roberts Poinsett, American physician, botanist, and statesman. He introduced the Poinsettia, or “Skin Flower,” from Mexico to the…

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The dust of memory and roses: Geoffrey Grigson’s garden of words

Geoffrey Grigson

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 2, 1905 Dearest reader, On this day, the world welcomed Geoffrey Grigson, a British poet, critic, editor, and naturalist whose sharp mind and deep affinity for the countryside enriched the literary and…

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