Posts Tagged ‘Mark Twain’
April 21, 2026 John Muir, Mark Twain, Aldo Leopold, Flowering Outdoors by Margot Shaw, and Charlotte Brontë
(opens in new tab) 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 If you kneel by the peonies right now, you’ll see it. The new shoots are already pushing. Red. Glossy.…
Read MoreNovember 30, 2022 Martha Ballard, Mark Twain, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Frank Nicholas Meyer, The Wood by John Lewis-Stempel, and the Crystal Palace Fire
(opens in new tab) 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. Through her detailed diary,…
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…
Read MoreMark Twain’s Octagonal Writing Shed: A Garden Sanctuary for Classic American Literature
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
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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. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. The glossy, serrated leaves of a ‘Peppermint’ Hydrangea, specifically Hydrangea macrophylla…
Read MoreThe Restless Heart of Spring: Frost, Twain, Rossetti, and Friends
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Spring tulips surround a fountain in the garden. April 20, 2020 On this day, the garden seems caught between two minds—half…
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. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. An artistic installation featuring numerous colorful umbrellas suspended overhead, creating a canopy.
Read MoreApril’s Revelry and Winds: Literary Voices on Spring’s Playful Month
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. April winds in the cold spring garden. April 1, 2020 April has long been a month of contrasts—full of wit, whimsy,…
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, the verdant volcanic shores of Hawaii’s Kona Coast received a most auspicious gift – one that would transform both landscape and legacy for centuries to come. It…
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