The Cobbler’s Garden: Jakob Böhme and the Divine Language of Plants

Jakob Bohme

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 24, 1575 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts and seekers of celestial wisdom, we celebrate the birth of Jakob Böhme, a German philosopher, Christian mystic, and Lutheran Protestant theologian whose ideas continue…

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Summer

A scenic view that resembles the Treweryn Farm Trail Park in Pennsylvania or a similar natural area with a lake or body of water and surrounding greenery, such as Waverly Park in Oregon.

By Mary Oliver Leaving the house, I went out to see The frog, for example, in her satiny skin; and her eggs like a slippery veil; and her eyes with their golden rims; and the pond with its risen lilies; and its warmed shores dotted with pink flowers; and the long, windless afternoons; and the…

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A Midsummer’s Glance: Poetic Visions of Sunlit Days

Sun shines on garden statuary in the summer garden.

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. Sun shines on garden statuary in the summer garden. July 10, 2020 Summer strides through the garden now in full, golden…

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March 31, 2020 Starting Seeds, Renee’s Garden Seeds, John Lineback, William Ralph Meredith, Elmer Ivan Applegate, Muriel Wheldale Onslow, April Poems, Life List by Olivia Gentile, and Karen Washington

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.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee  Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community Curated News Starting Seeds: Use What You Have – Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden | Jonah Holland “If you have seeds that are less than three years old,…

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