Posts Tagged ‘wild gardens’
April 21, 2026 John Muir, Mark Twain, Aldo Leopold, Flowering Outdoors by Margot Shaw, and Charlotte Brontë
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Patreon Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Today’s Show Notes If you kneel by the peonies right now, you’ll see it. The new shoots are already pushing. Red. Glossy. Tight as fists. But…
Read MoreRuth Pitter: The Gardener-Poet of Hainault Forest
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 7, 1897 Today in botanical history, we celebrate Ruth Pitter [PIT-er] (1897-1992), a remarkable British poet whose deep connection to nature, primarily through her beloved Hainault Forest, shaped her literary legacy. Pitter’s…
Read MoreFrom Wild Gardens to City Planning: Warren Manning’s Living Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 7, 1860 Today, we celebrate Warren H. Manning, a visionary landscape architect whose birth was commemorated by his father with the planting of an elm tree – a fitting tribute for a…
Read MoreWarren H. Manning: Visionary Landscape Designer and Champion of Wild Gardens
Warren’s Wild Gardens Today is the birthday of the American landscape designer Warren H Manning who was born on this day in 1860. The day Manning was born, his father recorded the moment in his diary: “At five minutes past 12 this morning, we had a son born to us. He is strong and healthy…
Read MoreArthur Asahel Shurcliff: Master Landscape Architect and Restorer of Colonial Williamsburg
Engineer to Architect Today is the birthday of the Landscape Architect Arthur Shurcliff who was born on this day in 1870. Shurcliff’s path to Landscape Architecture was not clear cut. His dad had been a successful businessman. Arthur was supposed to follow in his dad’s footsteps and become a Mechanical Engineer. But after receiving his…
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