Posts Tagged ‘William Waldorf Astor’
March 31, 2022 Andrew Marvell, Dietrich Brandis, William Waldorf Astor, Leo Buscaglia, Passions by Carolyne Roehm, and Bunny Mellon
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1621 Birth of Andrew Marvell, English poet and politician. Friend of John Milton, he penned the famous garden verse, “I have a…
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This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 31, 1848 Dearest reader, On this day, a certain William Waldorf Astor swept quietly onto the stage of history—a man, by all reports, tall, reserved, and with aspirations as ambitious as any…
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