Posts Tagged ‘summer gardens’
The garden year in verse: Sara Coleridge’s twelve months of nature
by Sara Coleridge January brings the snow, Makes our feet and fingers glow. February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again. March brings breezes, loud and shrill, To stir the dancing daffodil. April brings the primrose sweet, Scatters daisies at our feet. May brings flocks of pretty lambs Skipping by their fleecy dams. June…
Read MoreFrom Xanadu to Your Backyard: Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Horticultural Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 25, 1834 On this day, dear readers, we bid farewell to the illustrious English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a luminary of the Romantic Movement and a cherished member of the Lake Poets.…
Read MoreThe Soul of the Garden: Faith, Labor, Lessons, and a Taste of Strawberries
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. A summer garden with a gazebo. July 23, 2020 Today’s reflections are a gentle tribute to the art of simply being…
Read MoreThe Months: Christina Rossetti’s lyrical journey through the turning year
by Christina Georgina Rossetti January cold and desolate; February dripping wet March wind ranges; April changes; Birds sing in tune To flowers of May, And sunny June Brings longest day; In scorched July The storm-clouds fly, Lightning-torn; August bears corn, September fruit; In rough October Earth must disrobe her; Stars fall and shoot In keen…
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