Thomas Carew Archives

March 22, 2022 St. Catherine, Thomas Carew, New York Horticultural Society, Christine Johanna Buisman, The Earth in Her Hands by Jennifer Jewell, and John Banister Tabb

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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 Today is the feast day of St. Catherine of Sweden for Roman Catholics. The lesser celandine (Ficaria verna), known as St. Catherine’s…

Spring’s gentle resurrection: Thomas Carew’s poetic awakening of earth and bee

Thomas Carew, English poet (colorized and enhanced).

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 22, 1640 Dearest reader, On this day, Thomas Carew died. He was a cherished voice among the Cavalier poets of the Caroline era. How enchanting it is to recall a soul who…

March 22, 2021 Cemetery White Iris, Henry David Thoreau, Christine Buisman, Thomas Carew, Garden Time by W.S. Merwin, and America’s First Horticultural Society

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 1856 Henry David Thoreau recorded the first stirrings of spring in his journal, noting the flow of maple sap, swelling buds, and…