Posts Tagged ‘Katharine White’
March 1, 2022 Catharina Helena Dörrien, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Lenore Elizabeth Mulets, Stylish Succulent Designs by Jessica Cain, and Katharine White
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Friends of the Garden Meeting in Athens Georgia Register Here Historical Events 1717 Birth of Catharina Helena Dörrien (“Durr-ee-in”), German botanist, writer, and…
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2021 Five Secrets of Front-Yard Landscaping, Nikolai Vavilov, Eloise Ray, Katharine White on Bulbs in Pots, The Joy of Botanical Drawing by Wendy Hollender, and National Seed Swap Day the Pandemic Way
Today we celebrate the Russian botanist who sought to end world hunger and created a seed bank. We’ll also learn about a Landscape Architect known for her delicate illustrations and her love of realistic sculpture. We’ll hear some thoughts on growing bulbs in pots by one of my favorite gardeners. We Grow That Garden Library™…
Read MoreJanuary 6, 2021 The Best Indoor Plants, Kaspar von Sternberg, Syd Barrett, Growing Poisonous Plants, A Nature Poem for Every Night of the Year by Jane Hunter, and Lee Reich’s Tree ID Secrets
Today we celebrate a botanist regarded as the “Father of Paleobotany” – the study of ancient plants that uses plant fossils. We’ll also learn about the guitarist who went on a self-imposed 30-year exile – spending most of his time painting and gardening. We hear some thoughts on growing poisonous plants. We Grow That Garden…
Read MoreRemembering Katherine White through the eyes of her Devoted Husband Andy (the Celebrated Author E.B. White) and Fellow Garden Writer Elizabeth Lawrence
“Katherine just spent three days in bed, in pain, caused by a back injury brought on by leaning far out over a flower bed to pick one spring bloom – the daffodil Supreme. It seems a heavy price to pay for one small flower.” July 20, 1977 On this day, the garden writer Katharine White…
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Onward and Upward Today is the anniversary of the death of the garden writer Katharine White. Now, Katharine was married to Andy – but most of us probably know him as E.B. White, the author of three beloved children’s books, Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte’s Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). In the…
Read MoreJuly 20, 2020 Thomas Rainer’s Garden Tips, David Nelson, Gregor Mendel, Daylilies, Brian Shaw, Katharine White, The Garden as Sanctuary, Shrubs by Andy McIndoe, and Katharine White
Today we remember the beloved botanist who served on Captain Cook’s third South Seas trip. We’ll also learn about the Austrian botanist and monk who pioneered the study of heredity. We celebrate the usefulness of daylilies. We also honor the life of a young man who was killed paying his florist bill and the life…
Read MoreThe Season of Lists and Callow Hopefulness
by Katharine S. White For gardeners, this is the season of lists and callow hopefulness; hundreds of thousands of bewitched readers are poring over their catalogs, making lists . . . , and dreaming their dreams. Note: Today’s Unearthed Words are all about seed catalogs. If you are a new…
Read MoreI Read Garden Catalogs for News
by Katharine S. White I read [garden catalogs] for news, for driblets of knowledge, for aesthetic pleasure, and at the same time, I am planning the future – so I read in dream. Note: Today’s Unearthed Words are all about seed catalogs. If you are a new gardener, welcome to the joy…
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