Posts Tagged ‘Mark Twain’
November 30, 2022 Martha Ballard, Mark Twain, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Frank Nicholas Meyer, The Wood by John Lewis-Stempel, and the Crystal Palace Fire
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1791 On this day, Martha Ballard recorded her work as an herbalist and midwife. 1835 Birth of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (known by…
Read MoreMark Twain’s Literary Garden: Where Wit Bloomed in an Octagonal Shed
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 30, 1835 On this day, dear readers and fellow gardeners, a most extraordinary seed was planted in the fertile soil of American literature. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, destined to bloom into the incomparable…
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens November 30, 1835 Today is the birthday of the American writer and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain. Samuel used the garden and garden imagery to convey his wit and satire. In 1874, Samuel’s sister, Susan, and her husband built an octagonal shed for him to write…
Read MoreNovember 30, 2020 Wreaths to Keep Up, Martha Ballard, Nathanael Pringsheim, Mark Twain, Charlotte Fiske Bates, Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Home, and Lucy Maud Montgomery
Today we celebrate an herbalist who kept a remarkable journal. We’ll also learn about the German botanist who founded the study of algae. We’ll review the charming words of an American writer and poet born today. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a helpful guide for trees, shrubs, and hedges. And then we’ll wrap things…
Read MoreIn the Spring I Have Counted
by Mark Twain In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all.
Read MoreThe First of April
by Mark Twain The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all.
Read MoreFrom Spanish Hands to Hawaiian Lands: The Birth of Kona Coffee
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 24, 1817 On this day, dear readers and fellow enthusiasts of horticultural history, we find ourselves transported to the lush, volcanic shores of Hawaii’s Kona Coast. It was on this very date…
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