Sir Edward Salisbury Archives

Sir Edward Salisbury: Visionary Botanist and Kew Gardens Director

Sir Edward James Salisbury (1886-1978), a prominent English botanist and ecologist.

The Graveyard Garden April 16, 1886 Today is the birthday of the English botanist and ecologist, Sir Edward Salisbury. The youngest of nine children, Edward’s passion for plants started as a young boy. Edward loved to go out into the countryside to dig up plants to grow in his own garden patch at home. Once…

Trouser Cuffs and Taxonomy: The Remarkable Life of Sir Edward Salisbury

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 16, 1886 Today marks the birth of Sir Edward Salisbury, a botanist whose passion for plants would transform him from a curious child into one of Britain’s most distinguished botanical minds of…

April 16, 2019 Truly Lovely Aprils, Robert Frost, Sir Hans Sloane, William Stearn, Ellen Nellie Thayer Fisher, Mary Gibson Henry, Sir Edward Salisbury, Aphra Behn, Penny Colman, and William Austin Dickinson

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.

“The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day.” ~ Robert Frost April can be a challenging time in the garden. How many truly lovely Aprils does one get in a lifetime? I’d venture to say maybe five or six. Often, the gardens are too wet…