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William Guilfoyle
The First Holiday And it was on this day in 1889 that William Guilfoyle marries Alice Darling. Guilfoyle was the director of the Royal Botanic Garden, Victoria. When he married Alice, he decided to take his first holiday from the gardens in 17 years. They took a nine-month grand tour of British and…
Read MoreJune 27, 2019 National Onion Day, Thomas Say, William Williams, William Guilfoyle, Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, The Glory of the Garden by Rudyard Kipling, Practical Botany for Gardeners by Geoff Hodge, Make a Garden Map, and Brevities
Today is the very first National Onion Day. It was founded by the National Onion Association, which represents almost 500 growers from across the United States. The association celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2013. Onions are a member of the bulb family. There are twenty-seven different types of onion. They all grow underground, and they’re…
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