Posts Tagged ‘Robert Louis Stevenson’
Garlic to art, primroses to death: The poetic legacy of Augustus Saint-Gaudens
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 1, 1848 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the birth of Augustus Saint Gaudens (“gaw-dens”), a master sculptor of the American Beaux-Arts generation who forever changed the landscape of public art…
Read MoreBed in Summer
by Robert Louis Stevenson In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and see The birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people’s feet Still going past me…
Read MoreA Gardener’s Habits in High Summer: Laziness, Long Days, and Childhood Routines
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Lazy summer days in the garden. July 21, 2020 Summer, in its fullness, changes more than just the light—it reshapes our…
Read MoreThe Silent Gardener: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Child’s View of Labor and Play
by Robert Louis Stevenson The gardener does not love to talk. He makes me keep the gravel walk; And when he puts his tools away. He locks the door and takes the key. He digs the flowers, green, red, and blue. Nor wishes to be spoken to. He digs the flowers and cuts the hay. …
Read MoreRobert Louis Stevenson and Herbert Jekyll: Friendship That Inspired Literary Legend
Garden of Verses Today is the birthday of Scottish-born writer and poet Robert Louis Stevenson, who was born on this day in 1850. Stevenson sickly little boy with no brothers or sisters. When he was just a toddler, a woman named Alison Cunningham was brought into the Stevenson home to help care for Robert. When…
Read MoreNovember 13, 2019 Coleus Cuttings, Air Plants, Make a Christmas Seedhead Wreath, Robert Louis Stevenson, Frederick Lueders, Chrysanthemum Show, Howard Scott Gentry, Square Foot Gardening 3rd Edition, Houseplant Spa Day, and Bedding Plants as Wealth Indicators
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 Coleus Cuttings | @WDCGardener I can’t think of anyone I’d rather learn to take Coleus Cuttings from than @WDCGardener and her cat Santino – who…
Read MoreSeptember 30, 2019 How to Help Autumn Crocus Shine, Sarah Hynes, Faith Fyles, Helia Bravo Hollis, WS Merwin, Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West, Add Color with Chrysanthemums, and Robert Louis Stevenson Playing Cards with King Kalakaua
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Monologue I was on Facebook yesterday, and a friend had planted all these autumn crocuses and colchicums in her garden. Like any bulb, it takes lots of…
Read MoreGardener and Poet William Merwin on a Humorous Moment Between Robert Louis Stevenson and King Kalakaua
“In 2010, William and his wife, Paula, co-founded the Merwin Conservancy at his home in Haiku, Maui.” September 30, 1927 On this day, American poet WS Merwin, who always went by William, was born. In 2010, William and his wife, Paula, co-founded the Merwin Conservancy at his home in Haiku, Maui. While researching William, I…
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