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February 19, 2021 A Wild Spring Plant Display, The Orchid Thief, Charles Swingle, Growing Algerian Iris, Embroidered Ground by Page Dickey, and Strange Embroidery with Botanist Eliza Brightwen

Today we look back at the story that inspired the book The Orchid Thief. We’ll also learn about the incredible true story of a Madagascar explorer. We hear words about the incredible Algerian Iris. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a memoir from a garden who pulls back the row cover on the remarkable story…

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean This book came out in 1998, and the subtitle is A True Story of Beauty and Obsession. Imagine, darling reader, a tale spun with the luminescence of orchids and the madness of explorers! Susan Orlean, a writer of keen wit, invites us…