Posts Tagged ‘Pittsburgh’
December 7, 2020 Edward Tuckerman, William Saunders, Phipps Conservatory, Henry Rowland-Brown, The Art of the Garden by Relais & Châteaux North America and Willa Cather
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News Is Mistletoe More Than Just An Excuse For A Kiss? | Kew | Michael F Fay Botanical History On This Day 1817 Edward Tuckerman, American…
Read MoreNovember 13, 2020 Frederick Lueders, Walter Bartlett, Howard Scott Gentry, Jane Powers, Candace Bushnell, Jeff Cox, P. Allen Smith’s Seasonal Recipes from the Garden, and the 1916 Chrysanthemum Show
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News Trees Are Time Machines | The Atlantic | Clive Thompson Botanical History On This Day 1843 Frederick Lueders lost three years of botanical collections when…
Read MoreCelebrating Pittsburgh Landscape Architect M. Robert Fenton and his Lost Battle for a Tree
“After trying for weeks to get permission from the City Forester Earl Blankenship to plant a tree in front of his building, Robert decided it was better to ask forgiveness and went ahead with the planting. Robert told reporters that planting the tree was in line with President Johnson’s thinking on beautification…” July 19, 1933…
Read MoreCelebrating Landscape Architect Robert Fenton and His Early Fight to Plant a Tree
“After two weeks of discussions, City Attorney David Stahl said the tree was cut down and hauled away by City Forester Earl Blankenship in the middle of the night. Robert came to work and was shocked to discover the tree gone, cut down to the ground.” July 19, 1933 On this day, Landscape Architect Robert Fenton…
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