Strawberry Archives

February 18, 2022 Valerius Cordus, André Robert Breton, Toni Morrison, The Secrets of the Great Botanists by Matthew Biggs, and Antoine Nicolas Duchesne

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Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1515 Birth of Valerius Cordus, German physician, botanist, and pharmacologist. Renowned for one of history’s most popular herbals and for discovering the…

February 18, 2021 The Little Fern That Could, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, Snowy Owls, Showy Lady’s-Slipper, Ellis Rowan by Kate Collins, and the New Rare-Plant House at the Fairchild Tropical Garden

Celebrating Dadaist and Surrealist Max Ernst and his Love of Nature, Leonora Carrington, and Early Mornings in the Garden

“Max created a technique called frottage or texture rubbings or rubbing on paper – and he used plants or the texture of wood planks and other items in the house to create some fantastic artwork.” April 2, 1891 On this day, the German-American-and-French painter, sculptor, printmaker, poet, Dadaist, and Surrealist Max Ernst was born. He…

November Strawberry Picking Sparks a Friendly Competition Between Two New England Farmers

“The New London Advocate noticed the fact that strawberries had been picked from the garden of Mr Brandegree and asked, ‘Who can beat this?'” November 22, 1843 On this day, the New England Farmer out of Boston posted a story called Strawberries in November. The article revealed friendly competition between two strawberry growers: Mr. Brandegree…