All Nature Has a Feeling

A piece of wall art titled "Forest Dream".

By John Clare All nature has a feeling: woods, fields, brooks Are life eternal; and in silence they Speak happiness beyond the reach of books; There’s nothing mortal in them; their decay Is the green life of change; to pass away And come again in blooms revivified. Its birth was heaven, eternal is its stay,…

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July

John Clare

By John Clare Loud is the summer’s busy song The smallest breeze can find a tongue, While insects of each tiny size Grow teasing with their melodies, Till noon burns with its blistering breath Around, and day lies still as death.     Today is the birthday of the English poet John Clare who was…

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July 13, 2020 Garden Ideas to Boost Curb Appeal, Julius Caesar, Jane Loudon, John Charles Frémont, John Clare, The Power of a Plant by Stephen Ritz, and the Fairchild Tropical Garden

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

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 12 front garden ideas – inviting designs to boost your curb appeal | Real Homes Botanical History On This Day 100 BC Julius Caesar, whose…

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So Dull And Dark Are The November Days

Dictamnus albus, commonly known as Gas Plant, Burning Bush, Dittany, or Fraxinella.

by John Clare So dull and dark are the November days. The lazy mist high up the evening curled, And now the morn quite hides in smoke and haze; The place we occupy seems all the world. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful…

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Echoes of November: Poems of Falling Leaves and Fading Light

The falling leaves and fading light of November.

Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. The falling leaves and fading light of November. A well-known daguerreotype of Emily Dickinson, prominent American poet. John Clare, an English…

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July 24, 2019 Basilmania, Benning Wentworth, Henry Shaw, Pigeon Peas, John Clare, Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West, Planting a Clock Garden, and Dial-A-Garden-Tip

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

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 Are you a fan of basil? A few years ago, I produced an entire long-format show about basil for the Still Growing podcast. It was…

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