Jumpin’ Jack Flash: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Legend Born in the Garden

Jumpin' Jack Flash US picture sleeve

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 24, 1968 On this day, the iconic Rolling Stones unleashed their electrifying anthem Jumpin’ Jack Flash upon the world, a song whose birth story is as delightfully down-to-earth as the music is…

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Blooming Beats: When The Stones Cultivated ‘Flowers’

Flowers album by The Rolling Stones c. 1967.

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 26, 2024 On this day, dear horticultural enthusiasts, we find ourselves transported back to the heady summer of 1967, when The Rolling Stones, those wild weeds of rock and roll, unleashed a…

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