April 19, 2021 Six Amazing Garden Recipes, Adrian Hardy Haworth, Lucy Braun, Jen Calonita, Just Add Water by Cynthia Gaylin Bigony, and National Garlic Day

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Today we celebrate a botanist remembered with the Haworthia (“how-wurth-EE-ah”) genus. We’ll also learn about a botanist who spent 25 years researching the forests of the Eastern United States. We’ll hear about the Greek goddess of spring from author Jen Calonita. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about flower arranging. And then we’ll…

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Clove Encounters of the Pungent Kind: Celebrating National Garlic Day

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This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: April 19th every year On this day, dear devotees of the pungent and flavorful, we celebrate National Garlic Day. Yes, every April 19th, we pay homage to that most aromatic of bulbs, the garlic, or as some whimsically call it, the ‘stinking rose’. Now,…

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