Posts Tagged ‘Sue Shephard’
The Surprising Life of Constance Spry by Sue Shephard
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: The Surprising Life of Constance Spry by Sue Shephard I love love love the cover of this book! The cover shows Constance arranging flowers – ever the influential floral artist (and founder of the Cordon Bleu cooking school!) Here’s an excerpt from Sue’s introduction: “Constance possessed a rare…
Read MoreNovember 15, 2019 Bob Randall’s Houston Garden Guide, 50 Top Plants, Fall Berries, Australia’s First Grapes, Marianne Moore, Georgia O’Keeffe, The Surprising Life of Constance Spry by Sue Shephard, Punch Bowls and the State Flower of Florida
Today we celebrate the first grapes that were grown down under and the poet who saved a tree that looks like it came straight out of a fairy tale. We’ll learn about the painter who was supposed to paint pineapples but never did and the florist who did the flowers for Queen Elizabeth’s coronation. We’ll…
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