New York Archives

November 15, 2021 NYC Tree Canopy, Nutmeg, Flower Selections for a Box Garden, 1985 New York Spring Flower Show, Ray Bradbury, A House by the Sea by Bunny Williams, and Les Liliacees

Today in botanical history, we celebrate nutmeg, some flower recommendations for a green garden, and the rebirth of the NYC flower show after a ten-year hiatus. We’ll hear an excerpt from some writing by Ray Bradbury. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a beautiful book by Bunny Williams. And then we’ll wrap things up with…

March 10, 2021 Sowing Pansies and Violets, Laurence Binyon, John Torrey, a Florist’s Daughter’s Memoir, Flower Market by Michelle Mason and All Blue Potatoes

Today we celebrate an English poet whose words were sometimes inspired by gardens and now often mark memorials in gardens around the world. We’ll also learn about a man remembered for his Calendarian – it was kind of like a baby book for his plants. We hear an excerpt from a memoir about growing up…

December 23, 2020 Six Great Perennials for Design, John Jay, Francis Masson, Ann Batten Cristall, The Grow Your Own Food Handbook by Monte Burch, and Mystical Mistletoe Is Historical Sprig

Today we celebrate a gardener who was also a Founding Father and a Governor of New York. We’ll also learn about a botanist who brought back the Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae “strel-IT-zee-ah REJ-in-ee”) as well as a plant that is now the oldest living potted plant at Kew. We hear a charming poem that…

December 22, 2020 Tree Ferns, David Hosack, George Eliot, William B. Arnett, David Mas Masumoto, The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook by Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman and Lady Bird Johnson

Today we celebrate the botanist and doctor who established the nation’s first public botanical garden. We’ll also learn about the English Victorian author who loved roses. We’ll recognize the inspiring former president and owner of Tulsa Greenhouse and Four State Wholesale. We’ll hear an excerpt about pruning from a peach farmer. We Grow That Garden…