Minnie Aumônier

Minnie Aumônier

Sugar Sweet Poetry June 2, 1865 Today is the birthday of the artist, costume designer, poet, and writer Minnie Aumônier (“o·mo·nyé”). Over the years, Minnie’s life story has passed into obscurity, although we know she was born into an artistic family. In 1876, her father, William, founded an architectural sculpture firm in London known as…

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June 2, 2021 Thirty Days Wild, Thomas Hardy, Minnie Aumônier, Secret Gardens of Paris by Alexandra D’Arnoux and Bruno De Laubadere, Norton Juster, a Spelling Bee, and Botanical Latin

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Today we celebrate an English novelist and poet who started out as an architecture student, and one of his first jobs was moving a graveyard. We’ll also learn about a writer of charming garden verses. And we’ll hear an excerpt about lilacs. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a look at some of the most…

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Pure as the Joy a Garden Gives

Pure as the Joy a Garden Gives

by Minnie Aumônier Pure as the joy a garden gives, the memory of a true friend lives. And like a garden, through the changing year is ever lovely, ever fresh and dear.           Note: The artist and writer Minnie Aumônier (“oh·mo·nyé”) wrote some of the most beautiful verses about the garden…

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The Old Year Passes into the New

The Old Year Passes into the New

by Minnie Aumônier The Old Year passes into the New, and gladness fills all the earth for the joyous awakening of bud and blossom is at hand.         Note: The artist and writer Minnie Aumônier (“oh·mo·nyé”) wrote some of the most beautiful verses about the garden and about ringing in the new…

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January 2, 2020 Amy Martin Woodland Garden Design, Louis Benech Normandy Retreat, Saint Adelard, Carl Linnaeus, Franscisco Marin, JG Lemmon, Rhodora, Minnie Aumonier, Leaf Supply by Lauren Camilleri & Sophia Kaplan, Tin Organizer, and the Discovery of the Winter Home of the Monarch

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Today we celebrate the Feast Day of a gardener Abbott and an important day in the life of the Father of Taxonomy. We’ll learn about the man who planted the first pineapple in Hawaii on this day in 1813 and the botanist who shared a train with a President during his honeymoon to the Santa…

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