May 11, 2022 Salvador Dalí, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Katharine Stewart, Margaret Visser, The Little Library Cookbook by Kate Young, and Turtle Hail

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Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1904 Salvador Dalí, the Catalan surrealist who “personified” his homeland’s landscape, later reimagined flowers in his fantastical Flordalí series—dahlias with unicorn horns…

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Salt of the Earth: Celebrating Margaret Visser’s Birthday

Margaret Visser

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 11, 1940 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts, we celebrate the birth of a most intriguing individual: Margaret Visser. Born under the African sun, this South African writer and broadcaster has since…

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