September 27, 2021 Designer Vision, Simón de Rojas Clemente, Henri Frederic Amiel, James Drummond Dole, Catherynne Valente, Wild Flowers of Britain by Margaret Erskine Wilson, and Hope Jahren

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 Buy Me A Coffee  Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community Curated News New books: how designers see the world | Wallpaper.com | Jonathan Bell Botanical History On This Day 1777 Birth of Simón de Rojas Clemente, Spanish botanist,…

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Hope Jahren: Lab Girl and the Secret Life of Plants

Hope Jahren

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode.   September 27, 1969 Dearest readers, On this day, we celebrate the birthday of Hope Jahren, a trailblazing American geochemist and geobiologist whose passion for plants and science has blossomed into a remarkable…

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Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Lab Girl by Hope Jahren Lab Girl is the story of Hope Jaren, an award-winning scientist. Hope has been studying paleobiology since 1996. Hope writes about trees, plants, and soil in scientific yet passionate prose in this book. (Hope’s mom has a degree in English literature, and her…

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