October 22, 2019 A Garden-Themed Wedding, Forager Gin, Helen Clay Frick, Edwin Way Teale, Discovering Vanilla, David Douglas, Bliss Carman, The Sanctuary of My Garden by Fotoula Reynolds, Last Call for Houseplants, and 4th-Grade Botany

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Today we celebrate the daughter of a millionaire who found solace in nature and the refreshing approach of one of the country’s top naturalists. We learn about the discovery of vanilla (complete with a ravishing recipe for vanilla coffee liqueur from 1974), and we’ll commemorate the Doctor’s Pit where the botanist David Douglas died. We’ll…

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A Blossom for Helen: The Frick Heiress and Her Green Legacy

Helen Clay Frick, 1910

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 22, 1910 On this day, dear readers, a most enchanting revelation blossomed forth from the steel-clad city of Pittsburgh. A new chrysanthemum, as delicate as a whisper and as radiant as the…

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