Posts Tagged ‘gilded age gardens’
The Quiet Revolutionary: Marian Coffin’s Garden Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 16, 1876 Dearest garden enthusiasts, while suffragettes and revolutionaries may not trumpet her name, today we celebrate a quiet revolutionary who transformed American landscape architecture through sheer determination and artistic brilliance. Young…
Read MoreThe Dean of American Architecture: Richard Morris Hunt’s Legacy in Garden Design
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 31, 1895 On this day, dear garden friends, we mark the passing of Richard Morris Hunt, that most American of architects who brought European grandeur to our shores with a flourish that…
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