The Art of Mary Delany by Princeton Architectural Press

The Art of Mary Delany by Princeton Architectural Press

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Paper Flowers Cards and Envelopes: The Art of Mary Delany by Princeton Architectural Press   “Each exquisite paper flower in this elegant collection blooms with extraordinary detail and color. Eighteenth-century British artist Mary Delany created each piece by cutting and layering tiny pieces of paper on black ink…

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Mary Delany

Mary Delany

Paper Mosaics May 17, 1700 Today is the birthday of the botanical tissue paper decoupage artist Mary Delany. Mary Delany led an extraordinary life. When she was 17, her family had forced her to marry a sixty-year-old man. Mary soon discovered he was an alcoholic. To make matters worse, when he died, Mary’s husband forgot…

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May 17, 2021 Mary Delany, Lord Byron, Dennis Potter, The Mitten Tree, On Harper’s Trail by by Elizabeth Findley Shores, and the First Color Photograph

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Today we celebrate a woman who became a renowned floral artist late in life. We’ll also learn about an English poet and politician who loved nature. We’ll recognize some of the final sentiments about the wonder of nature from a television dramatist, screenwriter, and journalist. We hear an adorable excerpt about growing a mitten tree.…

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Mary Delany

Mary Delany

Fate Brings Fortune On this day, the botanical tissue paper decoupage artist Mary Delany wrote to her sister about her garden. Mary Delany had an extraordinary life. Her family had forced her to marry a sixty-year-old man when she was 17. He was an alcoholic. To make matters worse, when he died, he forgot to…

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July 19, 2020  Ann-Marie Powell’s Lockdown Garden, Mary Delany, Caroline Dormon, Leslie Coulson, John Macoun, Keeping July by Joanna O’Sullivan, Garden to Table by the Williams Sonoma Test Kitchen, and Robert Fenton

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Today we celebrate the decoupage botanical artist that left her mark on botanical history. We’ll also learn about a Louisiana botanist, naturalist, and author who lived in a home called Briarwood. We salute the English poet who was killed in WWI – he appreciated the pure beauty of flowers. We also recognize one of Canada’s…

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February 11, 2020 Penelope Hobhouse, Fertilizer Numbers, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, William Shenstone, Charles Daubeny, Winter Poems, A Botanist’s Vocabulary by Susan K. Pell and Bobbi Angell, Jute Twine, and February Folklore

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Today we celebrate a woman who was once the wealthiest woman in England, and she happily spent a fortune on plants. We also celebrate the man who transformed his family farm into a glorious garden. And, we’ll learn about the Oxford professor who is remembered by a flower known as the “Jewel of the Desert.”…

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Mary Delany

Mary Delany

The Botanical Decoupage Artist It’s the birthday of Mary Delany Born today in 1700. Mary Delany lead an extraordinary life. The family had forced her to marry a very old man when she was 17. He was an alcoholic. To make matters worse, when he died, he forgot to include her in his will. Despite…

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