Posts Tagged ‘Louise Beebe Wilder’
January 30, 2026 Elizabeth Gamble Wirt, Louise Beebe Wilder, H. Fred Dale, Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden by Emily Whaley, and Asa Gray
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Patreon Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Today’s Show Notes Late January doesn’t ask for spectacle. It asks for gratitude. We’ve made it through one of the hardest months of the year. This…
Read MoreTulip clusiana: The Persian Peppermint Tulip of History and Charm
Tulip clusiana April 27, 1952 On this day, The Knoxville News-Sentinel published a little article about a short, six-petaled, cherry-red, and white species tulip, known as Tulip clusiana – commonly called the Persian Tulip or the Peppermint Tulip. “Pretty and charming is Tulip clusiana, named for the great botanist Clusius, who is said to have grown it in his…
Read MoreApril 20, 2020 The Best Indoor Herb Gardens, Kitchen Scrap Gardening, Charles Plumier, Agnes Block, William Bartram, Louise Beebe Wilder, Joan Miró, Gardening Your Front Yard by Tara Nolan, and Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News The 7 Best Indoor Herb Gardens by Scarlett James | Bustle “Fresh herbs are an undeniable delight, even if you don’t channel Ina Garten on…
Read MoreRemembering Louise Beebe Wilder: The Grande Dame of American Garden Writing
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 20, 1938 On this day, we commemorate the anniversary of the passing of Louise Beebe Wilder, a luminary in the world of American garden writing and one of the 20th century’s most…
Read MoreLouise Beebe Wilder: The Garden Writer Who Brought Color and Moonlight to Gardening
One of America’s Greates Garden Writers Today is the birthday of one of America’s greatest Garden writers and one of the 20th Century’s most famous horticulturists, Louise Beebe Wilder. Louise was born into a wealthy family in Baltimore. After marrying an architect named Walter Wilder, they bought a country place – a 200-acre estate in…
Read MoreSan Francisco’s Name Change, Louise Beebe Wilder’s Garden Writing Legacy, and Ann Taylor’s Garden Poetry
Yerba Buena Today the city of Yerba Buena (“YAIR-Bah Byoo-Nah”) is renamed San Francisco. San Francisco was originally known as Yerba Buena – Spanish for “good herb” – a small mint-like plant early explorers found. Over the years, people have left their hearts in San Francisco. The author Rudyard Kipling said, “San Francisco has only…
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2020 Good Garden Decisions, African Violets, George Ehret, Adelbert von Chamisso, Yerba Buena, Louise Beebe Wilder, Asa Gray, Ann Taylor, The Seed Underground by Janisse Ray, Garden Cloche, and Elizabeth Wirt
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News Good Decisions by @papaver Alison Levey (“Lee-Vee”) – The Blackberry Garden “I planted them and whispered to the nearby ants ‘when you wake up, take…
Read MoreThe Fragrant Path by Louise Beebe Wilder
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: The Fragrant Path by Louise Beebe Wilder This book came out in 1996, and the subtitle is A Book About Sweet Scented Flowers and Leaves. This is a wonderful guide to the cultivation of scented flowers. The newly revised edition includes modern varieties as well. The late Louise…
Read MoreJuly 25 2019 Cleome, the Physic Garden, William Forsyth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Joseph Sauriol, July Proverbs, The Fragrant Path by Louise Beebe Wilder, Farmers Market, and Flowers for Hamlet
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News Are you growing, Cleome? My daughter just had her senior pictures taken, and I took some cuttings from the garden for her to hold during…
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