March Archives

A Horticultural Correspondence: Celebrating 23 Years of ‘A Year in Our Gardens’

A Year in Our Gardens by Nancy Goodwin and Allen Lacy

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 12, 2021 On this day, twenty-three years ago, two esteemed figures in the horticultural world, Nancy Goodwin of the landmark Montrose Gardens and Allen Lacy, the American garden writer and columnist, unveiled…

March 5, 2021 What to Plant in March, Anna Scripps Whitcomb, Idabelle Firestone, A March Garden Diary, Floral Cocktails by Lottie Muir, and Flowers for the Country Border

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Daffodils: the March Birth Flower, Fun Facts, and the Mother of all Daffodil Poems

“All parts of the Daffodil are toxic, and the sap is harmful to other flowers, so you must soak them separately for 24 hours before adding them to a bouquet.” The birth flower for March birthdays is the Daffodil. Daffodils are also the 10th-anniversary flower. A bouquet of Daffodils means happiness and hope, but a…

March 3, 2021 Planning a Productive Veg Garden, Matthias de L’Obel, Alexander Graham Bell, Katie Vaz on Rhubarb, Find Your Mantra by Aysel Gunar, and the Birth Flower for March

Rise and Shoot Farm’s Karen Washington Promotes New York Community Gardens

“If you come into the garden feeling sad, you will leave feeling happy.” March 31, 2018 On this day, garden activist Karen Washington gave a speech to help spur the community garden movement in New York City. Karen Washington has done so much for the Bronx as an urban gardener. The theme of her talk…