Henry Arthur Bright Archives

Henry Arthur Bright’s Lancashire Garden:October 24, 1874

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 24, 1874 For today’s Botanic Spark, I’d like to share a diary entry from exactly 150 years ago. Henry Arthur Bright [BRAYT] was penning his thoughts in “A Year in a Lancashire…

February 9, 2022 Samuel Thompson, Henry Arthur Bright, Alice Walker, The Wardian Case by Luke Keogh, and Amy Lawrence Lowell

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Historical Events 1769 Birth of Samuel Thompson (books about this person), American self-taught New Hampshire holistic doctor, and herbalist. In 1809, he was tried…

May 4, 2021 The Crown Imperial, Mary Sutherland, Audrey Hepburn, Up Shone May, Making the Most of Shade by Larry Hodgson and Henry Arthur Bright on May

Today we celebrate the first woman to receive a Bachelor of Science in Forestry. We’ll also remember the Academy Award-winning actress who narrated a 1990’s PBS series called Gardens of the World. We hear a sweet little garden poem that celebrates spring. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a fantastic book about gardening in the…

A Diary Entry from English Gardener Henry Arthur Bright in Praise of Violets

“Hepaticas I have tried over and over again, and they always fail.” March 25, 1874 Today, the English merchant and author Henry Arthur Bright recorded an update about his spring garden in his popular diary-turned-book, A Year in a Lancashire Garden. Again, we have had frost and snow, and this time, it has done us…

Henry Arthur Bright

A Year in Lancashire Garden February 9, 1830 Today is the birthday of the English gardener and writer Henry Arthur Bright. As an adult, Henry began a diary, which became a book called A Year in a Lancashire Garden. Henry’s book is one of the most beloved garden biographies of the nineteenth century and inspired…

February 9, 2021 The Dependable Jade Plant, Henry Arthur Bright, William Griffith, Bark and pH, Cooking with Flowers by Miche Bacher, and Winter Garden Chores from 1889

Today we celebrate a man who published his garden journal in a book – and inspired countless gardeners and gardener writers with his resonant words. We’ll also learn about a young botanist with drive and good intentions, as well as a personal beef with another botanist – both of these men had a dramatic impact on…

Frost and Fantasy: Challenging Henry Bright’s Winter Garden Blues

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. January 5, 1874 On this day, as frost kissed the dormant gardens of Lancashire, the English merchant and author Henry Arthur Bright put quill to paper, recording a rather bleak observation about winter…

January 5, 2021 How to Make a White Berry Wreath, the Glastonbury Thorn, Robert More, Henry Arthur Bright, Hyacinth Vases, A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year by Jane Hunter, and How to Wassail Apple Trees

Today we celebrate an iconic tree of England – a holy tree with biblical and cultural significance. We’ll also learn about a botanist whose last name is similar to the surname of Carl Linnaeus’s in-laws – and that has caused some confusion over the years. We’ll take a look back at some unflattering words about…

Henry Arthur Bright

A Year in a Lancashire Garden On this day in 1873, the gardener and writer Henry Arthur Bright began a diary, which would become known as the book “A Year in a Lancashire Garden” – one of the most beloved garden biographies of the nineteenth century. Bright’s book would inspire future garden writers like Eleanor…