October 3, 2022 Otto Jennings, Lewis Gannett, Sergei Yesenin, Thomas Wolfe, Successfully Grow & Garden Citrus Fruit Trees Using Pots and Containers by Madison Pierce, and Philippa Foot

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee  Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day Today is National Butterfly and Hummingbird Day — a reminder to celebrate the winged jewels of our gardens. Both creatures are drawn…

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Philippa Foot: Thinking in Gardens, Loving in Letters

Philippa Foot, a renowned English philosopher who passed away in 2010 at the age of 90.

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 3, 1920 / October 3, 2010 On this day, Philippa Foot was both born and died — her life beginning and ending on the same autumn date, as though the calendar itself…

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October 3, 2019 Pumpkin Allergy, Luis Née, Frederick Lueders, Frederick Pursch, David Hosack, John Torrey, Charles Sprague Sargent, Meta Orred, Sergei Yesenin, Philippa Foot, Montrose by Nancy Goodwin, Christmas Cactus, and George Dexter Butler

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee  Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1807 Luís Née, a French botanist working in Spain, died on this day. He is remembered for his South American explorations and…

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It is Useful to Think about Plants

A hand reaches out to touch a bean leaf.

by Philippa Foot In moral philosophy, it is useful, I believe, to think about plants.     Note: Philippa Foot died on this day in 2010. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Philippa Foot

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October 3rd Reflections: Foxgloves, Apple Trees, and Philosophy of Plants

Foxgloves blooming with Apple Trees in the background.

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. Foxgloves blooming with Apple Trees in the background. From the Poetical Birthday Book for October 3, 1887 Today’s selections drift like…

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