Posts Tagged ‘Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’
Henry Arthur Bright: The Gardener Who Penned A Year in a Lancashire Garden
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…
Read MoreThe Summer Lodger: Longfellow, Fergusson, and Pasternak’s July
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. The hazy day’s end in a July garden. July 2, 2020 This week, we continue to welcome the hot, thunderous enchantment…
Read MoreThe Summer of All-Saints!
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the Summer of All-Saints! Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new – created in all the freshness of childhood. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by…
Read MoreThe Miraculous Tide of Spring: Teasdale, Longfellow, and Teale
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. White daffodils blooming and other bulbs blooming in an April garden. April 6, 2020 On this day, the air carries that…
Read MoreIf Spring Came But Once a Century
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow If spring came but once a century instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all hearts to behold the miraculous change. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by…
Read MoreWinter’s End and February’s Secrets: Poetic and Witty Words for the Season
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Winter’s end in the garden. February 18, 2020 This time of year carries a quiet, sometimes somber beauty, reflected in the…
Read MoreAn Afternoon in February
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The day is ending, The night is descending; The marsh is frozen, The river is dead. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. A partially frozen river or stream surrounded by snow-covered trees, reminiscent of the setting…
Read MoreDreaming in Seed Catalogs: Winter’s Greatest Temptation
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Garden planning in cozy January. January 9, 2020 Today’s Unearthed Words are a love letter to every gardener’s guilty winter pleasure—the…
Read MoreAside From the Garden of Eden
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Aside from the garden of Eden, man’s great temptation took place when he first received his seed catalog. Note: Today’s Unearthed Words are all about seed catalogs. If you are a new gardener, welcome to the joy of curling up on the couch with a cup…
Read MoreJanus am I
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Janus am I; oldest of potentates; Forward I look, and backward, and below I count, as god of avenues and gates, The years that through my portals, come and go. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all.…
Read MoreJanuary’s Gates: Poetry, Time, and the Dreaming Garden
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. January garden dreams. January 6, 2020 On this sixth morning of the new year, the world stands cloaked in frost, and…
Read MoreNovember 12, 2019 Gardening Zodiac Signs, Stolen Compost, Australia’s Most Popular Indoor Plant, The Savill Garden Sculptures, Bougainville, Eschscholtz, Arthur Shurcliff, Orchids, Pedro Dot, Herbal Tea Gardens by Marietta Marshall Marcin, Forcing Bulbs, and Mavis Batey
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Read MoreAutumn’s Voices: Borland, Leopold, and Longfellow on Wind and Change
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. An autumn landscape. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Hal Borland Aldo Leopold, a renowned American author, philosopher, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist.…
Read MoreSong of Hiawatha
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky the rainbow, Whispered, “What is that, Nokomis?” And the good Nokomis answered: “Tis the heaven of flowers you see there; All the wild-flowers of the forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom in…
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