Posts Tagged ‘Southern gardens’
Remembering Margaret Mitchell and the Botanical Aspects of Gone With the Wind
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 8, 1900 Margaret Mitchell, the American southern writer of Gone with the Wind, is born. Her friends and family called her Peggy. Margaret grew up in Georgia, surrounded by relatives who had…
Read MoreRemembering Martha Turnbull and her Rosedown Plantation Diary
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 25, 1973 My dear garden friends, let me transport you back exactly 50 years to a charming story that began with a simple newspaper article about two extraordinary plantsmen. “No Garden Should…
Read MoreSouthern Gardens in Literary Bloom: The World of Fannie Flagg
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 21, 1944 My dearest garden enthusiasts, on this day, we celebrate the birth of a most delightful chronicler of Southern life, one whose words capture the intoxicating beauty of garden-scented Southern nights…
Read MoreA Southern Belle in Bloom: Alabama’s Love Affair with Camellia japonica
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 26, 1959 On this day, dear devotees of the garden, we find ourselves transported to the heart of Dixie, where a horticultural revolution was quietly taking root. For it was on this…
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