Posts Tagged ‘John Muir’
April 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
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Historical Events 1619 Birth of Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch navigator and colonial administrator of the Dutch East India Company. In 1660, Jan planted a…
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John of the Mountains April 21, 1838 Today is the birthday of the Scottish-American naturalist, conservationist, and author John Muir. Muir was known by many names: “John of the Mountains,” “Father of Yosemite,” and “Father of the National Parks.” In particular, John’s work to preserve Yosemite resulted in a famous picture of Muir posing with…
Read MoreApril 21, 2021 Seven Top Indoor Herbs, John Muir, Benjamin Maund, Spring in Paris, Kinship of Clover by Ellen Meeropol, and Frances Perry on Ferns
Today we celebrate a man who found all the answers to life in nature, and we still learn from his profound observations today. We’ll also learn about a botanist and publisher who found fame and forged meaningful connections with top botanical illustrators and horticulturists of his time. We’ll hear an excerpt about spring in Paris…
Read MoreRemembering California Botanist Helen Sharsmith and a Glimpse of her Children’s Botanical Namesakes
“Helen’s husband named a stickseed after her called Hackelia Sharsmithii. It’s a pretty little endangered herb in the borage family.” August 26, 1905 On this day, the biologist Helen Sharsmith was born. A native Californian, Helen and her husband received doctorates from the University of California, Berkeley. Helen’s dissertation, The Flora of the Mount Hamilton…
Read MoreApril 24, 2019 Chives, Botany Day, Tomitaro Makino, Lucien Plantefol, Vancouver’s Botanist Restaurant, Paul George Russell, Henry Van Dyke, Charles Sprague Sargent , Stephanne Barry Sutton, Window Cleaning, and a Story from John Muir
I recently had a gardener ask me about the first herb I’d ever grown. That would be chives. Chives, like many herbs, are so easy to grow. Plus, you get the cute little puffball blossom. I had a chef friend show me how she liked to cut off the flower. Then, she snipped a little…
Read MoreWhat Happens When Two Ol’ Botanists Hike to the Top of Grandfather Mountain
“Then I happened to look round and catch sight of [Sargent] standing there as cool as a rock, with a half-amused look on his face at me, but never saying a word.” April 24, 2019 On this day, while researching Charles Sprague Sargent for today’s book recommendation, I stumbled upon a fantastic article from 1915…
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