Posts Tagged ‘Thomas Hardy’
The Hardy Tree: Celebrating the English Writer Thomas Hardy’s Architectural History
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 2, 1840: the English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy was born. Thomas Hardy, the Victorian realist whose novels and poems continue to captivate readers, was a product of provincial England, his imagination…
Read MoreJune 2, 2021 Thirty Days Wild, Thomas Hardy, Minnie Aumônier, Secret Gardens of Paris by Alexandra D’Arnoux and Bruno De Laubadere, Norton Juster, a Spelling Bee, and Botanical Latin
Today we celebrate an English novelist and poet who started out as an architecture student, and one of his first jobs was moving a graveyard. We’ll also learn about a writer of charming garden verses. And we’ll hear an excerpt about lilacs. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a look at some of the most…
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