Posts Tagged ‘Martha Crone’
May 3, 2022 Garden Meditation Day, Thomas Tusser, Martha Crone, Japanese Internment Gardens, Frida Kahlo, Understanding Orchids by William Cullina, and May Sarton
Botanical History On This Day 1580 Thomas Tusser, English poet and farmer, died, leaving behind his beloved Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. Tusser’s timeworn advice is as vital as the scent of fresh earth—his verses invite all gardeners to reap wisdom and wit even as the centuries slip away. What secret did a poet-farmer…
Read MoreMartha Crone’s May Diary: Weather Whiplash and Garden Surprises in Minneapolis
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 3, 1941 Martha Crone, botanist and first curator of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden, watched the skies with furrowed brow. Her diary chronicles the wild pirouettes of a Minnesota spring: one day…
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