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Joseph Paxton
The Crystal Palace Today is the birthday of the English gardener, architect, and Member of Parliament, Joseph Paxton. Joseph Paxton was brilliant. It was Charles Dickens who dubbed him, “The Busiest Man in England.” Joseph designed the Crystal Palace, aka the People’s Palace, for the first World’s Fair. The Crystal Place was a large exhibition…
Read MoreAugust 3, 2020 Dahlias 101 by The Empress of Dirt, Joseph Paxton, Michel Adanson, Louise du Pont Crowninshield, Alwyn Howard Gentry, Katharine Stuart, Watermelon Poetry, From Garden to Grill by Elizabeth Orsini and Gallant Soldiers
Today we remember the busiest man in London. We’ll also learn about the man honored by the Baobab tree. We salute a daughter of Winterthur, We also recognize a life cut short in the world of tropical botany. And we’ll look back on a letter from one garden writer to another written on this day…
Read MoreThe Busiest Man in England: A Life of Joseph Paxton, Gardener, Architect & Victorian Visionary by Kate Colquhoun
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Today’s Book Recommendation: The Busiest Man in England by Kate Colquhoun Paxton was, by all accounts, a genius. It was Charles Dickens who dubbed him, “The Busiest Man in England.” SI HORTUM IN HORTORIA PODCASTA IN BIBLIOTEHCA HABES, NIHIL DEERIT. “If you have a garden, a gardening podcast,…
Read MoreApril 5, 2019 Garden Dreams, Birkenhead Park, Lord Viscount Morpeth, Matthias Schleiden, Algernon Swinburne, Joseph Paxton, Garden Picture Day, and Edward Kemp
It’s decision time in the garden. What will your projects be this year? Often, we have no idea if our dreams for our gardens will come true. Gardeners may dream bigger dreams than emperors, but we can often get stuck, too. We put plants in the wrong spot. We buy the wrong thing. We buy…
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