Mary Russell Mitford Archives

July 11, 2022 Horace Walpole, Dorothy Thompson, Oliver Sacks, India’s First Cryptogamic Garden, Botany for the Artist by Sarah Simblet, and Mary Russell Mitford

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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 1788 On this day, Horace Walpole wrote about the powerful impact of rain on the garden. Ever the sharp observer of English…

The Garden as a Perfect Rosary: Mary Russell Mitford’s Picturesque Nook

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 11, 1824 Dearest garden reader, On this day, the gifted author Mary Russell Mitford penned to her friend Benjamin Robert Haydon a tender portrait of her little garden—a sanctuary she described as…

May 13, 2022 Mary Russell Mitford, Nora Perry, Enid Annenberg Haupt, William Bartram, The Multifarious Mr. Banks by Toby Musgrave, and Daphne du Maurier

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 1815 Mary Russell Mitford contrasted her grandmothers’ stiff “beau-pots” with her own carefree, nature-first bouquets—ushering in a looser, lovelier language of flowers.…

Beau-Pots to Wildflower Whimsy: Mary Mitford’s Floral Revolution

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 13, 1815 On this day, dear readers, we find ourselves privy to a most charming correspondence between Mary Russell Mitford and Sir William Elford, an English banker, politician, and amateur artist. In…

April 22, 2022 Mary Russell Mitford, Julius Sterling Morton, August Wilhelm Eichler, Midas Dekkers, The First Mess Cookbook by Laura Wright, and Louise Elisabeth Glück

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 1970 Earth Day was celebrated for the first time, marking a watershed moment in environmental awareness. What began as a single day…

Simple pleasures in flowers: Mary Russell Mitford’s heartfelt garden reflections

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 22, 1812 Dearest reader, On this day, Mary Russell Mitford—a distinguished English novelist, poet, and playwright known for her vivid sketches of rural life—wrote to Sir William Elford, revealing her heartfelt appreciation…