Posts Tagged ‘Tovah Martin’
Garden Writer Tovah Martin Beats the Winter Doldrums with Scented Plants
“One word of caution: One person’s perfume is another’s stench.” January 29, 1998 On this day, The Courier-Journal out of Louisville, Kentucky, ran an article by Tovah Martin called “Winter is the Best Time for Scented Plants.” Here’s an excerpt: “In spring, there are violets, but who wants to crawl around sniffing flowers 2 inches…
Read MoreJanuary 29, 2021 Eight Steps to Create a Stunning Winter Garden, Olga Owens Huckins, Larry McGraw, How Often Should You Prune Your Willows, Botanicals: 100 Postcards, and a Winter Joy: Scented Houseplants
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News Eight Steps to Create a Stunning Winter Garden | Stihl Botanical History On This Day 1958 On this day, a letter titled “Evidence of Havoc by…
Read MoreOnce Upon a Windowsill by Tovah Martin
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Once Upon a Windowsill by Tovah Martin This book came out in 1988, and the subtitle is A History of Indoor Plants. This book is an oldie but goodie. Tovah Martin is a fanatical and passionate organic gardener. She is the author of The Indestructible Houseplant, The Unexpected…
Read MoreJuly 26, 2020 How to Grow Blueberries, Garden Self-Care in the Heat, Roland Hallet Shumway, George Bernard Shaw, Aven Nelson, July Folklore, Once Upon a Windowsill by Tovah Martin, and Winthrop Mackworth Praed
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News How to Grow and Care for Blueberry Bushes for Buckets of Sweet Blueberries | Stephanie Rose over at Garden Therapy “Add a few blueberry plants…
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2020 Scent in the Winter Garden, Top British Garden Shows, William Starling Sullivant, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Sarah Plummer lemon, Cultivating Delight by Diane Ackerman, Buffalo Plaid Garden Apron, and The British Museum
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News Gardening with Dave Allan: Scent in the winter garden | HeraldScotland Here are some great suggestions from Dave Allan about sweetly scented flowering shrubs for…
Read MoreThe Garden in Every Sense and Season by Tovah Martin
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: The Garden in Every Sense and Season by Tovah Martin This book came out in 2021, and the subtitle is A Year of Insights and Inspiration from My Garden. I am a huge Tovah Martin fan, and this book does not disappoint. First, I have to share what…
Read MoreNovember 4, 2019 Color for the Winter Garden, Favorite Ginkgo Varieties, Houseplant Trend, Thoreau on Autumn, Janaki Ammal, Arizona Palm, The Garden in Every Sense and Season by Tovah Martin, Spigots Off, and Benedict Roezl
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News Saturday morning, I woke up to a snow-covered garden. Winter is gaining on us… but don’t despair. I found a lovely video clip from Katie…
Read MoreThe New Terrarium by Tovah Martin
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: The New Terrarium by Tovah Martin This book came out in 2009, and the subtitle is Creating Beautiful Displays for Plants and Nature. Imagine a world where nature’s beauty is captured in a glass vessel, a miniature Eden at your fingertips. The New Terrarium by Tovah Martin is your…
Read MoreApril 1, 2019 A Brand New Gardening Podcast, Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, Southwood Smith, Louis MacNeice, Peter Cundall, and Tovah Martin
Today is April 1st. It’s the perfect day to start a brand new gardening podcast.
April is derived from the word aperit- which means to open.
Yet, every Prince fan, or northern gardener, knows that, sometimes it snows in April.
So, April flowers should take heed; open at your own risk.
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