Posts Tagged ‘water lilies’
A Garden Letter: Katharine Stuart’s Perseverance in a Maine Spring
Letters to Elizabeth 1961 Today Katharine Stuart wrote to Elizabeth Lawrence. “My dear Elizabeth, By now you will have given me up entirely as a friend. It is shocking that I have not written to you in so long and especially that I have never answered your letter offering me some of Mr. Krippendorf’s hellebores. Perhaps you…
Read MoreClaude Monet: The Master Painter Whose Garden Inspired a Masterpiece
A Painter to Flowers Today is the birthday of Claude Monet who was born on this day in 1840. Gardeners love Stephen Gwynn’s 1934 book Claude Monet and his Garden. In 1883 Monet purchased a house. Monet immediately set about creating a hidden water garden fashioned out of waste marshland. Monet made sure his lily…
Read MoreThe Night Dancer: Victoria Cruziana’s Enchanting Ballet
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 8, 1849 On this day, dear gardening enthusiasts, a horticultural marvel unfurled its petals for the first time in England, casting a spell of wonder upon all who beheld it. The Victoria…
Read MoreCelia Thaxter’s “August”: Island Beauty and Timeless Garden Muse
by Celia Laighton Thaxter Buttercup nodded, and said good-bye; Clover and Daisy went off together; But the fragrant water-lilies lie Yet moored in the golden August weather. Note: The poet Celia Laighton Thaxter (1835-1894) grew up on an island. Her father built a hotel on Appledore Island, and it became a hub for…
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