From Wild Gardens to City Planning: Warren Manning’s Living Legacy

Warren Manning as a young man.

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 7, 1860 Today, we celebrate Warren H. Manning, a visionary landscape architect whose birth was commemorated by his father with the planting of an elm tree – a fitting tribute for a…

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From Enigma to Eden: The Extraordinary Life of Mavis Batey

Mavis Batey

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 5, 1921 On this day, dear friends of the green and growing, we celebrate the birth of a most remarkable woman: Mavis Lilian Batey. Imagine, if you will, a life that reads…

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