Posts Tagged ‘Jean Hersey’
September 29, 2021 Veggie Garden Design, William Beckford, Elizabeth Gaskell, Autumn Thoughts, Moths by David Lees and Alberto Zilli, and Jean Hersey
Today in botanical history, we celebrate an English novelist and travel writer who loved the pleasure gardens he created at a cemetery, an English writer and friend of Charlotte Bronte, and a beloved and humorous garden author. We’ll hear an excerpt from Ali Smith’s Autumn. It’s perfect for this time of year. We Grow That…
Read MoreFebruary 25, 2021 This Year’s Garden Trends, Katherine Sophia Kane, Josif Pančić, The February Birds at Jean Hersey’s Feeder, Everlastings by Bex Partridge, and an Edna Walling Theater Production
Today we celebrate a young botanist that wrote the first flora of Ireland at the age of 22. We’ll also learn about the Father of Serbian botany. We hear words about the birds of winter – creatures that entertain us at our bird feeders and fly freely over our winter gardens. We Grow That Garden…
Read MoreThe Garden is Completely Winterized
by Jean Hersey The garden is completely winterized except for the roses, which need more hay, and the four small box yet to be covered with burlap. We have a sentimental feeling for these box. Once many years ago, on a holiday with the children, we were driving to North Carolina. We stopped at Mount…
Read MoreDecember 17, 2020 Five Low-Maintenance Annuals, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Charles Morren, Rachel Peden, Jean Hersey, The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh and Shooting Down Mistletoe
Today we celebrate one of the world’s best composers and his intense appreciation of nature. We’ll also learn about the botanist who cracked the code on pollinating vanilla and came up with a new word for the cyclical nature of things. We’ll recognize the incredible written work of a daughter of Indiana – and yes,…
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