Posts Tagged ‘horticultural history’
The Rebel’s Garden: Mirei Shigemori’s Horticultural Revolution
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 6, 1925 On this day, dear cultivators of beauty and tradition, we celebrate a pivotal moment in the annals of garden history. Picture, if you will, a young man of 29, standing…
Read MoreThomas Jefferson’s useful plants and pickle comforts
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 13, 1743 Dearest reader, On this day, Thomas Jefferson was born — a man whose many hats included statesman, Founding Father, and, notably, a passionate gardener whose love for plants shaped more…
Read MoreA Garden of Surprise: Henry Wotton’s Delightful Confusion
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 30, 1568 Dearest reader, On this day, we mark the birth of a man whose passion for gardens and the art of landscaping still whispers through the leaves—a true connoisseur of nature’s…
Read MoreThe Legacy of Krider Nurseries: From World’s Fair to Middlebury’s Beloved Garden Park
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 24, 1993 Dearest reader, On this day, the town of Middlebury, Indiana, gained not just a garden, but a living testament to the industrious spirit of vernacular horticulture with the donation of…
Read MoreKatherine Sophia Kane: Ireland’s first lady of botany and the woman behind The Irish Flora
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 11, 1811 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the birth of the indomitable Katherine Sophia Kane, an Irish botanist and horticulturist whose life story blooms with resilience and brilliance. Orphaned as…
Read MoreEdmund Hope Verney: Vancouver Island’s wildflower steward and the seeds of colonial botanical exchange
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 7, 1865 Dearest reader, On this day, a young Edmund Hope Verney received a letter that must have brightened the often lonely hours of his botanical peregrinations on Vancouver Island. After three…
Read MoreArthur Symons & The Whispering Glasshouse
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 28, 1865 Dearest Gardeners, On this day, the world was given Arthur William Symons (books by this author)—poet, critic, and man of letters—whose pen could turn even the dripping panes of a…
Read MoreBanished from the Borders: Olive Harrisson and the Secret Society of Lady Gardeners
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. December 5, 1881 Dearest Gardeners, Permit me to introduce a heroine of horticulture, though history nearly left her adrift among the weeds: Olive Mary Edmundson Harrisson, born on this day in 1881. Her…
Read MoreThe Kyoto Moss Temple: Steve Jobs’s garden of simplicity
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 24, 1955 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the birth of Steve Jobs, a visionary whose passion for simplicity and elegance extended beyond technology into the serene world of gardens. Steve…
Read MoreErnest Henry Wilson: The Legendary Plant Explorer and the Story of the Lily Limp
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 15, 1876 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the birth of Ernest Henry Wilson, the intrepid English plant collector and explorer whose adventurous spirit forever enriched Western gardens with the wonders…
Read MoreBehind the Walls: Susan Campbell’s Kitchen Garden Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 14, 1931 On this day, we find ourselves transported back to when the horticultural world welcomed Susan Campbell (née Benson) – a remarkable figure whose passion for walled kitchen gardens would transform…
Read MoreThe Garden Revolutionary: Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell’s Natural Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 15, 1876 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the birth of Ernest Henry Wilson, the intrepid English plant collector and explorer whose adventurous spirit forever enriched Western gardens with the wonders…
Read MoreFrom Yangtze to Your Garden: The Extraordinary Life of Frank Nicholas Meyer
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 28, 1918 On this day, the intrepid Dutch-American botanist and USDA Plant Explorer, Frank Nicholas Meyer, embarked upon his final journey. With a heavy heart and weary bones, Frank boarded a steamer…
Read MoreArchibald Menzies: The Scottish Surgeon and Botanist Known as the Monkey Puzzle Man
The Monkey Puzzle Tree and The Piggyback Plant March 15, 1754 Today is the birthday of the Scottish surgeon, botanist, and naturalist Archibald Menzies. Now there’s a famous story about Archibald that goes something like this: One time, Joseph Banks sent Archibald on an expedition. At some point, Joseph ended up dining with the leadership…
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