Novels and Nature: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Flowering World

Elizabeth Gaskell miniature by William John Thomson, 1832. She loved the dog rose

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 29, 1810 Today we celebrate that most earnest observer of gardens and humanity, Elizabeth Gaskell, whose pen moved as deftly between social commentary and nature’s beauty as she moved between her writing…

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From Bluebells to Winter Roses: The Life of Anne Brontë

Anne Bronte - enhanced and colorized - by Charlotte Bronte, 1834

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 28, 1849 Dear reader, on this day in history, we bid farewell to a literary gem, the English novelist and poet Anne Brontë. While we now celebrate the Brontë sisters for their…

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