Posts Tagged ‘New Jersey’
February 16, 2022 Marie Clark Taylor, David Austin, the New Jersey State Flower, Sleepy Cat Farm by Caroline Seebohm, and Elizabeth Gilbert
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter Facebook Group The next time you’re on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community, where you’d search for a friend and request to join. Botanical History 1911 Birth of Marie Clark…
Read MoreRemembering Josephine Margetts: Gardener, Politician, and Lover of Nature
“She hadn’t the heart to pull it up, she said, and so it grew and grew until it rivaled the height of the tallest hollies and its expanding girth forced strollers to detour around it.” In researching Josephine Margetts — the woman who created the bill for the State Flower of New Jersey (the Violet)…
Read MoreFebruary 16, 2021 Plant Selfishness, Townshend Stithe Brandegee, the New Jersey State Flower, Duck Hill Journal by Page Dickey, and the Remarkable Josephine S. Margetts
Today we celebrate a botanist of the American West and the husband of Kate Brandegee. We’ll also learn about the woman who created the legislation for the New Jersey State Flower, the Violet. We hear some words about the role of the botanist from one of our horticultural greats. We Grow That Garden Library™ with…
Read MoreNavyman’s Nursery is Restored Through the Kindness of Fellow Nurserymen
“Unannounced, they appeared at the Hallicy home with $2,500 worth of small trees in 15 trucks. With tractor, plow, and spades, they cleared the 4-acre plot and set out the trees. In a few hours, the Hallicy Nursery was right smack back in business.” October 1, 1945 On this day, The Morning Call out of…
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