Eudora Welty: Cultivating Stories in Soil and Ink

Eudora Welty, a celebrated American author and photographer from the American South.

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 13, 1909 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of a literary luminary whose words have blossomed like the most exquisite of garden flowers. I speak, of course, of the…

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Decorating with Plants: Ethan Allen & Elvin McDonald’s Green Inspiration

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Take a Plant to Cope with Stress On this day, Ethan Allen and Elvin McDonald of House Beautiful (ww.housebeautiful.com) gave an inspiring presentation called “Decorating with Plants.” McDonald revealed many new decorating-with-plant ideas. Keep in mind; this was three decades before Instagram. Otherwise, McDonald would have no doubt share photos of the over 300 plants…

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