Posts Tagged ‘public gardens’
Beatrix Farrand’s 1916 Vision for the NYBG’s Rose Garden
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 18, 1916 On this day, renowned landscape architect Beatrix Farrand (FAIR-rand) created a visionary rose garden plan for the New York Botanical Garden. This garden would become one of the most significant…
Read MoreFrom Seventeen to Cymbidiums: Enid Annenberg Haupt’s Horticultural Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 13, 1906 On this day, we celebrate the birth of Enid Annenberg Haupt, an American publisher and philanthropist who would come to be known as “the greatest patron American horticulture has ever…
Read MoreNational Public Gardens Week: Celebrating Nature’s Living Masterpieces
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 9, 2022 Dearest reader, On this splendid occasion, we usher in National Public Gardens Week, a vibrant celebration spanning from May 6th to the 15th, 2022. Since its inception in 2009, this…
Read MoreJim Salyards and the Silent Spring at Filoli During COVID-19
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 25, 2020 Dearest reader, On this day, Jim Salyards, the dedicated Director of Horticulture at the grand Filoli Center, found himself wandering a silent paradise. The famed estate and its 16-acre formal…
Read MoreAdolph G. Rosengarten, Sr. and the Rooster’s Legacy: The Story of Chanticleer Garden
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 22, 1870 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the birth of Adolph G. Rosengarten, Sr., an American businessman whose legacy blossomed far beyond the pharmaceutical industry into the realm of exquisite…
Read MoreA Bloom Reimagined: The Return of New York’s Great Flower Show
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 15, 1984 Dearest reader, On this day, the venerable New York Times heralded the return of something most dear to the city’s heart—a Spring Flower Show. After a decade-long silence following the…
Read MoreBrooklyn Botanic Garden: Celebrating Over a Century of Botanical Beauty
Home of Hundreds of Cherry Trees May 13, 1911 On this day, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York City opened to the public. Today the garden is home to over 200 cherry trees representing forty-two different species. The garden is made up of several defined garden spaces. First, the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden was one…
Read MoreLaurence Binyon and the Garden of Remembrance: Poetry, Peace, and Sheffield’s Tribute
For the Fallen March 10, 1943 Today is the anniversary of the death of the English poet, dramatist, and art scholar Laurence Binyon. During Laurence’s time at Trinity College, Oxford, he won the Newdigate poetry prize. Some of Laurence’s work referenced the garden as in this beautiful verse about spring: They will come again, the…
Read MorePhipps Conservatory: Pittsburgh’s Timeless Gift of Botanical Wonder
The Phipps Conservatory December 7, 1893 On this day, the Phipps Conservatory first opened to the public. A gift from Henry Phipps, Jr. to the City of Pittsburgh, Henry was a childhood friend and business partner of Andrew Carnegie. And gardeners who know their garden history probably already know that the Crystal Palace by Joseph…
Read MoreRichard William Fagan and Portland’s Tiny Wonder: Mill Ends Park
The Rose City November 20, 1969 Today is the anniversary of the death of the Oregon Journal columnist and gardener Richard William Fagan, who died on this day in 1969. As gardeners, we celebrate Richard for installing the world’s smallest rose park – Mill Ends Park – in Portland on February 23, 1954. The installation…
Read MoreSydney Dylan Ripley and the Creation of the Smithsonian Gardens
The Louvre Inspiration It was on this day that the horticulture program at the Smithsonian Gardens was established by Sydney Dylan Ripley, who served as the secretary of the Smithsonian. An American ornithologist and conservationist, Sidney had been inspired by the area around the Louvre in France as a child. With the Louvre always in…
Read MoreBernadette Cozart: The gardener who greened Harlem and nurtured community hope
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 27, 1949 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the birth of Bernadette Cozart – gardener, visionary, and the woman who dared to turn Harlem green. Imagine it: the late 1980s, when…
Read MoreThe Tree-Obsessed Doctor Who Built Kansas’s Bartlett Arboretum
The Bartlett Arboretum Today is the birthday of the physician, naturalist, and civic leader of the south-central Kansas town of Belle Plaine – Dr. Walter E. Bartlett. In 1910, Bartlett started the Bartlett Arboretum By purchasing 15 acres of land on the edge of a town called Belle Plaine – about 20 miles south of…
Read MoreThe Humboldt Botanical Garden: How Volunteers Grew a California Treasure
Botanical Education The Humboldt Botanical Garden was incorporated in the State of California. Organized by a small group of volunteers, the goal was to create an educational botanical garden for the Northern California region. The Humboldt Botanical Gardens are constructed on a 44.5 -acre site south of Eureka near the Humboldt Bay adjacent to the…
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