Posts Tagged ‘Literary Gardeners’
The Gardener’s Pen: H. E. Bates and His Literary Landscape
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 26, 1905 On this day, the literary world welcomed Herbert Ernest Bates, a wordsmith destined to paint verdant landscapes with his pen. Known to readers as H. E. Bates, this English author…
Read MoreMargaret Atwood: The Poet Laureate of Earth and Leaf
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 18, 1939 On this day, the literary world welcomed a true force of nature – Margaret Atwood, a woman whose words would bloom as profusely and provocatively as the most audacious of…
Read MoreThe Intellectual Garden: John Erskine’s Legacy of Thought and Bloom
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 5, 1879 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of John Erskine, a man whose talents bloomed as prolifically as a well-tended garden. This American educator, author, pianist, and composer…
Read MoreThe Irresistible Pull of Spring: Lewis Gannett on the Gardener’s Instinct
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 4, 1891 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of Lewis Stiles Gannett, an American journalist and author whose words not only graced the pages of newspapers but also captured…
Read MoreLiterary Gardens: How Edith Wharton Designed with Words and Flowers
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 1, 1937 My dear readers, on this most peculiar day, the eminent American authoress Edith Wharton suffered a rather inconvenient heart attack while gracing the country estate of her friend and co-author…
Read MoreEleanor Perenyi: The Wit and Wisdom of a Garden Sage
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. January 4, 1918 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts, we celebrate the birth of a true horticultural wit, the inimitable Eleanor Perenyi. This American writer and gardener, who left us in 2009 at…
Read MoreJane Webb Loudon: The Sci-Fi Gardener Who Blossomed Through Adversity
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 19, 1807 My darling garden companions, today we celebrate the birth of a most extraordinary woman, Jane Webb, who would later marry that titan of horticultural literature, John Claudius Loudon. Oh, how I…
Read MoreElbert Hubbard: The Philosopher Who Would Trade Bread for Hyacinths
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 19, 1856 On this day, dear gardeners, we celebrate the birth of one Elbert Green Hubbard—a man whose flowery words have seeded themselves across the literary landscape with as much vigor as…
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