The garden year in verse: Sara Coleridge’s twelve months of nature

The Garden Year

by Sara Coleridge January brings the snow, Makes our feet and fingers glow. February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again. March brings breezes, loud and shrill, To stir the dancing daffodil. April brings the primrose sweet, Scatters daisies at our feet. May brings flocks of pretty lambs Skipping by their fleecy dams. June…

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December 3, 2020 Seed Size, Gourds and Squashes, James Arnold, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Sara Coleridge, Earth to Table by Jeff Crump and Bettina Schormann, and Octavia Hill

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

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Hot July Brings Cooling Showers

An irrigation sprinkler.

by Sara Coleridge Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots, and gillyflowers. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Sara Coleridge

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Hot July Brings Cooling Showers

Sara Coleridge

by Sara Coleridge Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots, and gillyflowers. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Sara Coleridge

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Storms and Showers of July: Rossetti, Frost, and Summer Rain

Summer rain in the july garden and the delphinium petals are sporting raindrops.

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. Summer rain in the july garden and the delphinium petals are sporting raindrops. July 1, 2020 On this day in high…

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July 29, 2019 A Peter Rabbit Garden, Thomas Nuttal, Edith Coleman, Ryan Gainey, The First Plant Patent, Sara Coleridge, The Education of a Gardener by Russell Page, Dividing Iris, Charles Clemon Deam, and Honeysuckle

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Do you have children or grandchildren? A Peter Rabbit Garden is a lovely idea for you to consider. Of course, Peter Rabbit is the creation of Beatrix Potter, who was a noted botanist and mycologist. (A mycologist studies fungi). Potter’s garden was located at Hill Top Farm. In making your Peter Rabbit garden, you could…

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