Monet Archives

November 17, 2020 Ten Ways to Rewild, Solway Moss, William Barton, William Caparne, Archibald Lampman, The Garden Chef by Phaidon Editors, and Queen Charlotte

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.

Remembering Painter and Gardener Claude Monet: His Funeral, His Friend, and His Love of Nature

“Claude said, ‘I am following Nature without being able to grasp her. I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.'” December 5, 1926 On this day, the impressionist painter Claude Monet died at 86. Claude had insisted on a simple funeral, and as such, his coffin was draped with plain black cloth. But his…

Monet’s Passion by Elizabeth Murray

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Monet’s Passion by Elizabeth Murray Today’s book is such a good one. I need to tell you that this is the 20th Anniversary revised edition. When Elizabeth’s book first came out, it was an instant bestseller and deservedly so! Elizabeth Murray was uniquely qualified to write this book…

Winter: The Man Who Democratized Exotic Gardening Ludwig

Ludwig Winter (1846-1912), a prominent German botanist, nurseryman, and landscape designer.

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 9, 1846 My darling green-thumbed companions, it was on this day that the German botanist and internationally-regarded landscape architect Ludwig Winter was born. A visionary, if I may be so bold to…