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Celebrating John Burrough’s First Book with Rebecca Palfrey Utter’s Poem: The Wake-Robin
“A fair and pleasant vision the nodding blossoms make; And the flower’s name and mission is ‘Wake, Robin, wake!'” April 3, 1837 On this day, the Naturalist, poet, and philosopher John Burroughs was born. John’s first book was called Wake Robin, a common name for the woodland plant known as trillium. In my research,…
Read MoreApril 3, 2020 Gardening for Resilience, Magnifying Glass for the Garden Tote, Nikolay Rumyantsev, John Burroughs, Kate Brandegee, Graham Stuart Thomas, The Overstory by Richard Powers, and The Wake-Robin by Rebecca Salsbury Palfrey Utter
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 Gardening for Resilience By Lysa Myers Today’s garden to-do is to add a magnifying glass to your garden tote. The best gardeners throughout our history…
Read MoreApril 3, 2019 Garden Moods, John Burroughs, Kate Brandegee, Rebecca Salsbury Palfrey Utter, William Glassley, Magnifying Glass, Trilliums, and the Wake-Robin
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Monologue As I was preparing for today’s show, I kept thinking about this quote from John Burrows: “… One’s own landscape comes in time to be a…
Read MoreRebecca Salsbury Palfrey Utter and The Wake-Robin: A Bloom Late for Spring
by John Burroughs When leaves green and hardy From sleep have just uncurled — Spring is so tardy In this part of the world — There comes a white flower forth, Opens its eyes, Looks out upon the earth, In drowsy surprise. A fair and pleasant vision The nodding blossoms make; And the flower’s name…
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