Cultivating Wisdom: Thoreau’s Lessons for the Modern Gardener

Henry David Thoreau c. 1856 (colorized and enhanced).

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode.   July 12, 1817 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of a most remarkable individual, one Henry David Thoreau. A man of letters, a philosopher of nature, and dare I…

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Thoreau and the Art of Seeing: Garden Wisdom from Walden

Henry David Thoreau

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 9, 1854 My darling green-thumbed companions, it was on this day in 1854 that two years of transcendental communion with nature near Walden Pond in Massachusetts was shared with the world in…

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