Toni Morrison Archives

February 18, 2022 Valerius Cordus, André Robert Breton, Toni Morrison, The Secrets of the Great Botanists by Matthew Biggs, and Antoine Nicolas Duchesne

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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 1515 Birth of Valerius Cordus, German physician, botanist, and pharmacologist. Renowned for one of history’s most popular herbals and for discovering the…

Toni Morrison: Celebrated Author of Jazz and Literary Legend

Portrait of Toni Morrison (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. February 18, 1931 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the birth of a truly radiant soul—Toni Morrison, the American writer, book editor, and college professor whose words have sown deep roots in…

Sweet Secrets: Celebrating National Pick Strawberries Day

A close-up of fresh, ripe strawberries with green caps resting in a woven basket, placed on a patterned mat.

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 20, 2021 On this day, as with every May 20th, we delight in National Pick Strawberries Day—a celebration of one of the world’s most beloved sweet fruits. There is much more to…

April 29, 2021 Forsythia, Hunter’s Home Diary, Agnes Chase, Toni Morrison on spring, Life Among the Texas Flora by Minetta Altgelt Goyne, and Cornelia Vanderbilt