Posts Tagged ‘Mount Vernon’
June 2, 2022 Martha Washington, Ann Pamela Cunningham, Stephen Sears, Mahdi Obeidi, Where We Bloom by Debra Prinzing, and Vita Sackille-West
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 1731 Birth of Martha Washington, the inaugural first lady of the United States. 1874 On this day, Ann Pamela Cunningham, founder of the…
Read MoreMartha’s Green Legacy: The Enduring Kitchen Garden of Mount Vernon
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…
Read MoreBatty Langley: The Revolutionary Who Reshaped English Gardens
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…
Read MoreMartha Washington: The First Lady of American Gardening
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…
Read MoreThe Presidential Plantsman: George Washington’s Secret Garden Life
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…
Read MoreMount Vernon: George Washington’s Favorite Garden was his Trial Garden
“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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