Posts Tagged ‘horticultural history’
A Vanilla Voyage: From Aztec Courts to Garden Soirées
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 22, 1974 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts, we find ourselves transported to a time when the Star-Gazette of Elmira, New York, bestowed upon its readers a most intriguing recipe for Vanilla…
Read MoreQuarantine Quandaries: How a Cherry Tree Kerfuffle Changed Gardening Forever
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 20, 1912 On this day, dear cultivators of verdant delights, we find ourselves transported to the year 1912, when a most consequential piece of legislation took root in our fair nation’s soil.…
Read MoreRemembering Geoff Hamilton: The People’s Gardener Born This Day
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 15, 1936 Oh, my darling dirt-diggers and rose-scented revelers! On this day in 1936, the gardening world received a most marvelous gift when Geoff Hamilton first graced this verdant earth. Your Lady…
Read More10,000 Acres of Experiments: Thomas Andrew Knight’s Garden Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 12, 1759 Dearest garden companions, it is with great delight that I share with you the birth of a most remarkable horticultural luminary. It’s the birthday of Thomas Andrew Knight, who blessed…
Read MoreMoon Garden Genius of Frank Cabot Bridges and Masterpieces: The
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 6, 1925 My darling gardening comrades, today is the birthday of horticulturalist Frank Cabot. It’s hard to believe that we lost Frank just eight years ago. He was a tremendous gardener, and…
Read MoreFrom Louvre to Landscape: How Sydney Dylan Ripley’s Vision Transformed the Smithsonian
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 31, 1972 On this day, dear garden friends, the horticulture program at the Smithsonian Gardens emerged from the fertile imagination of Sydney Dylan Ripley, Secretary of the Smithsonian and master of institutional…
Read MoreThe First Ever-Blooming Rose Patent: How a Rose Changed Horticultural History
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 29, 1931 On this day, dear garden friends, the gardening world witnessed history unfold as newspapers across the nation reported that Louis Schubert and August Rosenberg had achieved what no plantsmen before…
Read MoreFirst Lady of Hostas: Frances Williams and Her Accidental Immortality
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 23, 1883 On this day, dear garden friends, Frances Ropes Williams made her grand entrance into the world—a woman destined to revolutionize the shady corners of American gardens while most of her…
Read MoreFrom Peru to Perpetuity: The Remarkable Journey of Hippeastrum traubii
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 11, 1950 On this day, a tale of horticultural intrigue unfolded that would captivate the hearts of gardeners for generations to come. Picture, if you will, the lush landscapes of Peru, where…
Read MoreFrom Dutch Soil to American Blooms: The Remarkable Rise of Lambertus C. Bobbink
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 3, 1939 On this day, my most astute garden enthusiasts, a Dutchman of remarkable talents was honored in a manner that would make lesser horticulturists turn positively green with envy. Yes, dear…
Read MoreA Director’s Departure: William Guilfoyle’s Marriage and Grand Garden Tour
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 27, 1889 On this day, the esteemed Director of the Royal Botanic Garden Victoria, William Guilfoyle, took a bride! Yes, dear readers, after seventeen years of uninterrupted devotion to his botanical duties,…
Read MoreVanished on the Yangtze: The Enduring Mystery of Plant Hunter Frank Meyer
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 12, 1918 It was on this day that the remarkable plant hunter Frank Nicholas Meyer was laid to rest in Shanghai. His mysterious demise still whispers secrets that we modern gardeners may…
Read MoreThe Horticultural Hornet’s Final Sting: Remembering George Glenny
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 17, 1874 On this day, the infamous “horticultural hornet” George Glenny buzzed his last at the impressive age of 83, leaving behind a garden landscape forever altered by his sharp-tongued influence. One…
Read MoreBotticelli’s Botanical Revolution: Unleashing Renaissance Beauty in Your Garden
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 17, 1510 On this day, passionate cultivators of beauty, we commemorate the passing of a true horticultural visionary disguised as a painter – the incomparable Sandro Botticelli! As we plunge our hands…
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