To Be or Not to Be a Pumpkin: Harrison Salisbury’s Existential Gardening

Harrison Salisbury (colorized)

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 14, 1908 On this day, dear readers and fellow cultivators of words and gourds alike, we celebrate the birth of a most intriguing character in the garden of journalism: Harrison Salisbury, the…

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Literary Gardens: How Edith Wharton Designed with Words and Flowers

A very proper Edith Wharton with Miza and Mimi, 1895

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 1, 1937 My dear readers, on this most peculiar day, the eminent American authoress Edith Wharton suffered a rather inconvenient heart attack while gracing the country estate of her friend and co-author…

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