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May 27, 2026 Charles Waterton, Robert Kyd, Helen Morgenthau Fox, Citrus by Pierre Laszlo, and Georgina Burne Hetley

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Patreon Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Today’s Show Notes Spring always feels a little unsettled to me until I plant the kitchen garden. It sits just outside the deck door. Close enough…

Garden Books Published on May Day Through the Years

Monet's Palate Cookbook by Aileen Bordman

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Well, it turns out that May 1st is a great day to release a brand new gardening book, and so I thought I’d wrap up today’s botanical history with three great garden books released on May 1st. 2001 The Himalayan Garden: Growing Plants from…

The Cook’s Herb Garden by Jeff Cox and Marie-Pierre Moine

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: The Cook’s Herb Garden by Jeff Cox and Marie-Pierre Moine This book came out in 2010, and the subtitle is Grow Harvest Cook. As someone who loves to grow herbs, this is one of my favorite books on herbs because it features beautiful photography of over 120 culinary herbs.…

March 11, 2021 Sarah Raven’s Tip for Growing Herbs, Pierre Turpin, Jean White-Haney, Delphinium Secrets, Food Grown Right In Your Backyard by Colin McCrate and Brad Halm, and Montrose’s Priceless Tree

March 4, 2021 Five Perennial Herbs You Should Grow, Henry Frederick Conrad Sander, Luther Burbank’s Arbor Day, the Final days of a Gardener, Flora Japonica by Masumi Yamanaka and Order Gladiolus and Dahlias Now

Garden Designer Deborah Zimmerman Creates Elizabethan Herb Gardens for Busy Clients

Top-down view of a garden mosaic featuring a plastic grid with various squares and organic shapes filled with soil and patches of green and yellow moss or grass, creating a textured, patterned effect in the garden ground cover.

“When designing a garden, my canvas is the ground. My picture is of the finished garden. My song is the finished garden.” January 28, 1983 On this day, The Charlotte News shared an article by Edie Lowe called “Herb Garden Just Like Artwork.” Here’s an excerpt: To Deborah Zimmerman designing an herb garden is like painting…

Jane Austen: Literary Gardener of the Regency Era

Garden Love Today is the anniversary of the death of the author and gardener Jane Austen. Jane loved gardens. She had a heart for ornamentals, herbs, and kitchen gardening. And, her family always had a garden – growing their food and beautifying their homes with flowers. In every one of her books, Jane included gardens.…

A Taste for Herbs by Sue Goetz

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: A Taste for Herbs by Sue Goetz The subtitle of this book is A Guide To Seasonings, Mixes, and Blends from the Herb Lover’s Garden. Sue’s book helps you become an herbal taste master. The preview to this book challenges us to think of this book as an…

The Herb Lover’s Spa Book by Sue Goetz

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: The Herb Lover’s Spa Book by Sue Goetz This book came out in 2015, and the subtitle to this book is Create a Luxury Spa Experience at Home with Fragrant Herbs from Your Garden. Sue shows us how easy it is to grow and prepare therapeutic herbs for…

Herb Topiaries by Sally Gallo

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Herb Topiaries by Sally Gallo This is such a cute and practical little book. It’s old; it came out in 1992. Sally covers topiary basics before going into the perfect plants for topiaries: Victorian Rosemary, Lemon Verbena, Scented Geraniums, and Dwarf Sage, to name a few. Sally reminds…

Herbal Tea Gardens by Marietta Marshall Marcin

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Herbal Tea Gardens by Marietta Marshall Marcin Create your own herbal tea garden! This inspiring guide covers everything you need to know to grow herbs and successfully use them in homemade tea blends. Marietta Marshall Marcin provides plans for 22 themed tea gardens and offers expert tips for…

Growing Herbs from Seed, Cutting & Root by Thomas DeBaggio

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Growing Herbs from Seed, Cutting & Root by Thomas DeBaggio This book was published in 1995. Thomas raised herbs for a devoted clientele at his Loudon County, Virginia, nursery. He’s known especially for his superb Lavender and Rosemary varieties. This book is one of my favorites. It…

Lemon Herbs by Ellen Spector Platt

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Today’s book recommendation: Lemon Herbs by Ellen Spector Platt My yellow wax bells inspired me to recommend this book. This lovely lemony resource came out in 2002. This book features only herbs with lemon scents and flavors—18 of them—including lemon catmint (which I didn’t realize was a thing),…

Herbal Healing for Women by Rosemary Gladstar

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Herbal Healing for Women by Rosemary Gladstar Tired of feeling less than your best? Ready to take charge of your health and well-being? Herbal Healing for Women by Rosemary Gladstar is the empowering guide you’ve been waiting for. This groundbreaking book offers a treasure trove of natural remedies…