Rosemary Verey Archives

Patterns in the Garden

by Rosemary Verey I enjoy patterns, man-made and natural, and as soon as I start looking around me, they are everywhere. The countryside in winter has tree skeletons silhouetted against the sky — trees without leaves. One day their background is dark grey, another it is clear blue, but there is always a natural pattern…

January 21, 2021 Hillside Landscaping Ideas, Erwin Frink Smith, Rae Selling Berry, Rosemary Verey’s Thoughts on Patterns, American Grown by Michelle Obama, and Going Nuts on National Squirrel Appreciation Day

Today we celebrate one of my favorite botanists and his personal story of love and love of poetry and nature. We’ll also learn about an extraordinary gardener who could grow anything – and I mean anything. We’ll hear Rosemary Verey’s thoughts on patterns. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a behind-the-scenes look at the 2009…

January 11, 2021 Regenerative Grower New Year’s Resolutions, William Curtis, Plough Monday, Rosemary Verey’s Wintersweet, A Place to Call Home by James Farmer, and the Persistent Peter Forsskål

Today we celebrate the founder of the influential Curtis Botanical Magazine. We’ll also learn about the traditional start of the agricultural year. We’ll hear about a beautiful plant called Wintersweet from one of my favorite gardeners. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about home through the eyes of a passionate plantsman. And then…

Rosemary Verey

Queen of the Traditional English Country Garden December 21, 1918 Today is the birthday of the English garden designer, lecturer, prolific garden writer, and one of the greatest gardeners of the 20th century, Rosemary Verey. Regarded as the “Queen of the Traditional English Country Garden,” Rosemary’s garden masterpiece is a blend of nature and geometry,…

December 21, 2020 Six Healthy Winter Vegetables to Grow, Robert Brown, Rosemary Verey, Mistletoe, Growing Winter Weeds with Susan Tyler Hitchcock, The Gardens of Luciano Giubbilei by Andrew Wilson, and Lucien Daniel’s 1917 Watering Tip

Today we celebrate the Scottish botanist who is remembered for the phenomenon known as Brownian Motion. We’ll also learn about the woman remembered as the Queen of the Traditional English Country Garden. We’ll have a little mini-class on Mistletoe and the etymology of its name. We’ll listen to a verse from a garden writer and…

Good Planting by Rosemary Verey

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Good Planting by Rosemary Verey This book came out in 1990, and the subtitle is A Story of People, Plants, and Gardens. Imagine learning the secrets of timeless gardens that combine a pleasing mix of traditional elements with beautiful plantings from the Queen of the Traditional English Country Garden.…

July 16, 2019 Tarragon, Camille Corot, Orville Redenbacher, Rachel Peden, Good Planting by Rosemary Verey, Blueberries, and Charles Clemon Deam

Did you know Tarragon is an artemisia? Like all plants in the Artemisia genus, Tarragon is gray and silvery. Artemisia’s were sacred to Artemis, and there are over 180 species – all of them are ornamental, most are medicinal, and of course, a small few are culinary. Tarragon is quite a graceful plant when it…

Classic Garden Design by Rosemary Verey

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Classic Garden Design by Rosemary Verey This book came out in 1989, and the subtitle is How to Adapt and Recreate Garden Features of the Past. Rosemary Verey’s book Classic Garden Design (1984) shows how much she learned from various past gardens, with their topiary, knot gardens, and…

July 15, 2019 Bolting Cilantro, Inigo Jones, John Wilson, William Robinson, Almira Hart Phelps, Classic Garden Design by Rosemary Verey, Perennial Sweet Pea, and a Greenhouse Story

Let’s start today off by talking briefly about bolting cilantro. Why does cilantro bolt, and how should you address it? You can help delay when cilantro bolts by planting it in part shade instead of full sun and keeping the plant cool and moist. Heat is a stressor and sensing its own mortality; cilantro will…