Posts Tagged ‘Humphry Repton’
March 24, 2026 Mark Catesby, Humphry Repton, Fern Leaf garden column Chicago Tribune, Merry Hall by Beverley Nichols, and William Morris
(opens in new tab) 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 Today is about the work behind the beauty. A plant hunter paddling inland in a cypress canoe. A designer…
Read MoreApril 21, 2022 Jan van Riebeeck, Humphry Repton, Charlotte Brontë, John Muir, Royal Gardens of the World by Mark Lane, and National Day of Sa’di
(opens in new tab) Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1619 Birth of Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch navigator and colonial administrator of the Dutch East India Company. In…
Read MoreRed Books and rolling vistas: Humphry Repton’s transformation of English gardens
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 21, 1752 Dearest reader, On this day in 1752, Humphry Repton was born, destined to transform the English garden with his unique blend of art, nature, and innovation. Trained under the great…
Read MoreThe dust of memory and roses: Geoffrey Grigson’s garden of words
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 2, 1905 Dearest reader, On this day, the world welcomed Geoffrey Grigson, a British poet, critic, editor, and naturalist whose sharp mind and deep affinity for the countryside enriched the literary and…
Read MoreRemembering the Last Great English Landscape Designer of the eighteenth century: Humphry Repton
Subtitle March 24, 1818 Today is the anniversary of the death of the innovative and all-time great landscape gardener Humphry Repton. (Note that there is no ‘e’ in the spelling of Humphry). Humphry was trained and molded by the great Capability Brown. As he matured, Humphry broke away from his mentor’s shadow and led…
Read MoreMarch 24, 2021 A Fantastic Native Plant Resource, Mark Catesby, Aven Nelson, Bloodroot, Gardens in the Spirit of Place by Page Dickey, and Humphry Repton
(opens in new tab) 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 How to Find Native Plants Near Me | Native Backyards | Haeley Botanical History On This Day 1682 Mark Catesby, the…
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