Martha’s Green Legacy: The Enduring Kitchen Garden of Mount Vernon

Martha Washington

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 2, 1731 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts, we celebrate the birth of a most remarkable woman, one whose influence extended far beyond the hallowed halls of the nascent American government. I…

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Batty Langley: The Revolutionary Who Reshaped English Gardens

Batty Langley by J Carwitham, 1741

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 14, 1699 On this day, dear readers, we turn our attention to a most fascinating figure in the annals of garden history – one whose very name seems plucked from a whimsical…

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Martha Washington: The First Lady of American Gardening

Martha Washington

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 13, 1731 On this day, the future First Lady of our nascent republic, Martha Washington, drew her first breath in this mortal realm. While history remembers her as the stoic companion to…

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The Presidential Plantsman: George Washington’s Secret Garden Life

George Washington

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 30, 1789 On this day, our esteemed first Commander-in-Chief, George Washington, was sworn into office with all the pomp and circumstance befitting America’s inaugural president. What the adoring crowds and history books…

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Mount Vernon: George Washington’s Favorite Garden was his Trial Garden

George Washington

“George often referred to his favorite of his four gardens: the botanical garden. He called it “the little garden by the salt house,” or rather fondly, his ‘little garden.'” April 30, 1789 On this day, George Washington was sworn in as the United States’ first president.   A gardening President, George Washington, oversaw his incredible…

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