Sydney Archives

September 22, 2021 Garden Trends 2022, Philip Dormer Stanhope, George Bentham, Phocas the Gardener, Jitterbug Perfume, Wild Interiors by Hilton Carter, and The Garden Palace

Today in botanical history, we celebrate the 4th Earl of Chesterfield, an English botanist and a Patron Saint of gardeners. We’ll hear an excerpt from a book by Tim Robbins featuring September in Louisiana. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book that inspires us to make plants feel right at home in our homes.…

September 20, 2021 Sydney’s Spring Walk, Lorenz Scholz von Rosenau, Mary Sophie Young, Stevie Smith, Patricia Rezai, To Speak for the Trees by Diana Beresford-Kroeger, and Edgar Albert Guest

Today we celebrate a German botanist, an American botanist, an explorer, and an English poet and novelist. We hear an excerpt about the change in seasons. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book that challenges us to see trees in a new way – with profound understanding, respect, and intelligence. And then we’ll wrap…

The Sydney Morning Herald’s Botanical Sensation: John McMahon’s Plant Catalog

House designed by John Verge at Camden Park, New South Wales, Australia - built between 1832-35 for John Macarthur

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 17, 1850 On this day, dear gardening enthusiasts, a most tantalizing advertisement graced the pages of The Sydney Morning Herald. It was penned by none other than John McMahon, a gardener, and…