The Highest Peach: James Whitcomb Riley’s Sweet Ode to Unreachable Love

James Whitcomb Riley

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 14, 1849 On this day, dear readers and fellow admirers of nature’s sweet bounty, we celebrate the birth of James Whitcomb Riley, an American writer and poet whose words, like the ripest…

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Antoine Duchesne: The Botanical Genius Behind Your Strawberry Shortcake

Antoine Nicolas Duchesne

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 7, 1747 On this day, dear readers and fellow cultivators of nature’s sweetest treasures, we celebrate the birth of Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, a French botanist, gardener, and professor whose work at Versailles…

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