Posts Tagged ‘Georgia O’Keeffe’
Georgia O’Keeffe: How to Make Flowers Impossible to Ignore
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 15, 1887 On this day, Georgia O’Keeffe was born – an artist who would revolutionize how we see flowers through her bold, modernist vision. Over her remarkable career, O’Keeffe created more than…
Read MoreNovember 15, 2022 Australia’s First Grapevines, Charlotte Mary Mew, Georgia O’Keeffe, JG Ballard, Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake, and the Florida Orange Blossom
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 1791 On this day, Australia’s first thriving grapevine was planted. 1869 Birth of Charlotte Mary Mew, English poet. 1887 Birth of Georgia…
Read MoreGeorgia O’Keeffe: The Modernist Gardener of Canvas
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 15, 1887 On this day, dear readers and fellow admirers of nature’s beauty, we celebrate the birth of a true American treasure: Georgia O’Keeffe, the modernist artist whose brush strokes forever changed…
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The Pineapple Painter Today is the birthday of the country’s most loved female painter, Georgia O’Keeffe, who was born on this day in 1887. During her incredible career as a painter, O’Keeffe created over 900 works of art. She is remembered for her iconic paintings of skulls and flowers. In 1938 when O’Keeffe’s career was…
Read MoreNovember 15, 2019 Bob Randall’s Houston Garden Guide, 50 Top Plants, Fall Berries, Australia’s First Grapes, Marianne Moore, Georgia O’Keeffe, The Surprising Life of Constance Spry by Sue Shephard, Punch Bowls and the State Flower of Florida
Today we celebrate the first grapes that were grown down under and the poet who saved a tree that looks like it came straight out of a fairy tale. We’ll learn about the painter who was supposed to paint pineapples but never did and the florist who did the flowers for Queen Elizabeth’s coronation. We’ll…
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