Posts Tagged ‘Plant Lover’
A Garden in the Hills: Katharine Stewart’s Diary Entry for October 23rd
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Here’s an excerpt for today from Katharine Stewart’s diary-turned-book A Garden in the Hills. October 23rd Waking to find a scattering of snow above the tree line on the hill, I think ‘time…
Read MoreEnid Haupt: Seventeen Magazine Editor, Lover of Plants, and Patron of American Horticulture
“Instead of curtains, Enid had potted Camillia plants on either side of the windows. In order to survive indoors in New York, they needed to be misted three times a day.” June 18, 1971 On this day, the Austin American-Statesman shed light on Enid Haupt’s life after retirement from Seventeen magazine. The article shared fantastical…
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