Posts Tagged ‘nature and art’
Blooming Brilliance: Marc Chagall’s Colorful Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 6, 1887 On this day, dear cultivators of earthly delights, we celebrate the birth of a man who understood the vibrant hues of nature as intimately as we do. Marc Chagall, born…
Read MoreThe Picturesque Eye of William Gilpin: Trees, Ruins, and the Grand Beauty of Nature
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 4, 1762 Dearest reader, On this day, the world was gifted William Gilpin, a man whose eye for the wild and wonderful gave birth to a new way of seeing the landscape—one…
Read MoreArt as Bloom and Fruit: Jean Arp and Charles Rennie Mackintosh on Creativity
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Art depicting an apple tree both in bloom and with fruit. June 7, 2019 On this day, we remember two remarkable…
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