A Writer’s Eden: Virginia Woolf’s Day of Gardening Bliss

Virginia Woolf as a young woman

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 31, 1920 On this day, dear gardening enthusiasts, we find ourselves transported to a quaint corner of England, where a 37-year-old Virginia Woolf, that luminary of literature, found herself elbow-deep in the…

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Literary Hands in Garden Soil: Virginia Woolf’s “Pure Joy”

Virginia Woolf

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 31, 1920 On this day, dear readers, while society’s attention was undoubtedly scattered among the frivolities of late spring, Virginia Woolf found herself engaged in that most noble and grounding of pursuits—gardening.…

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