Posts Tagged ‘Pansies’
April 24, 2023 Jakob Böhme, Robert Bailey Thomas, Paul George Russell, Charles Sprague Sargent, Purple Mustard, Pansies, Kurume Azaleas, Tiny and Wild by Graham Laird Gardner, and Solar System Garden
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Historical Events 1575 Birth of Jakob Böhme, German original thinker. Jakob Böhme did a great deal of thinking and writing, not only about theology…
Read MoreMarch 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…
Read MoreGarden Expert Dr. Joe White Connected to People Through Plants and Became a Trusted Plant Guru
“It occurred to me early on that horticulture had a way of touching everybody’s life.” January 14, 2001 On this day, The Times out of Shreveport, Louisiana, published a story by Margaret Martin about garden expert Joe White: Northwest Louisiana gardeners call Joe White when they have a question. Want to know about pests, soil, or…
Read MoreUnseasonably Warm Spring Weather in Brainerd, Minnesota in 1931: Pansies in February
“A bed of pansies came into full bloom today in a farm garden near Brainerd, the center of a section famous for severe winters.” February 4, 1931 On this day, newspapers reported a shocking headline from Brainerd, Minnesota: Pansies In Bloom. A bed of pansies came into full bloom today in a farm garden near…
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