Posts Tagged ‘Stonewall Jackson’
From Battlefields to Gardens: The Hidden Tenderness of Stonewall Jackson
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. Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson October 29, 1863 On this day, we remember not only the fierce military legacy of Stonewall Jackson…
Read MoreMay 2, 2019 Plant Sales, May Fools Day, Rivdan, The White House Gardens Symposium, Jimi Hendrix, Stonewall Jackson, Didier Decoin, Dividing Iris, and The Enid A. Haupt Garden
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Monologue Ah May… the Month of Plant Sales. When I started gardening, I would plant-sale away my Saturdays in May with my dear friend Judy. We would…
Read MoreFrom Battlefields to Gardens: The Hidden Tenderness of Stonewall Jackson
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 2, 1863 On this day, the illustrious Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was shot by his own men in what this author can only describe as a moment of supreme military irony. The Confederate…
Read MoreGardening and Stonewall Jackson
Note: Today, (May 2) in 1863, Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own men, and I thought his life story contained many moving passages. An article in the Washington Post, called “Stonewall Jackson had a soft side”, revealed that just before the start of the civil war, Jackson had developed a love for gardening.…
Read MoreMy Little Dove Has a Tree Full of Them
I was mistaken about [our] large garden fruit being peaches… It turns out to be apricots and I enclose one which I found on the ground today… Just think, my little Dove has a tree full of them. Note: Today, (May 2) in 1863, Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own…
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