James Whitcomb Riley Archives

October 7, 2022 Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, James Madison, Joseph Stayman, James Whitcomb Riley, Growing Joy by Maria Failla, Thomas Rainer, and Post-Wild World

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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 1747 Birth of Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, French botanist, gardener, and professor at Versailles. Duchesne is best remembered for his pioneering work with…

The Highest Peach: James Whitcomb Riley’s Sweet Ode to Unreachable Love

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 14, 1849 On this day, dear readers and fellow admirers of nature’s sweet bounty, we celebrate the birth of James Whitcomb Riley, an American writer and poet whose words, like the ripest…

October 7, 2021 Prairie Strips, James Whitcomb Riley, the Engelmann Botanical Club and Fall Flowers, Thomas Keneally, Karen White, The New Shade Garden by Ken Druse, and Clive James

When the Green Gits Back in the Trees: The Garden Poetry of James Whitcomb Riley

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 7, 1849 Dearest reader, On this day was born James Whitcomb Riley, beloved American writer and poet fondly known as the “Hoosier Poet.” Born in Indiana, Riley’s poetry captured the voice of…