Posts Tagged ‘nature inspiration’
The Blue Flower of Novalis: A Romantic’s Garden Dream
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 2, 1772 On this day, the literary world welcomed Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, better known by his pen name, Novalis. This 18th-century German poet, writer, mystic, and philosopher of early…
Read MoreFrom Stage to Soil: Helen Hayes’ Dual Passions
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 10, 1900 On this day, dear readers and fellow cultivators of both stage and soil, we celebrate the birth of a true luminary in the world of theatre and, as it happens,…
Read More