Posts Tagged ‘Philippa Foot’
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
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…
Read MorePhilippa Foot: Thinking in Gardens, Loving in Letters
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…
Read MoreOctober 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
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…
Read MoreIt is Useful to Think about Plants
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
Read MoreOctober 3rd Reflections: Foxgloves, Apple Trees, and Philosophy of Plants
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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