New Nordic Gardens by Annika Zetterman

New Nordic Gardens by Annika Zetterman

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. New Nordic Gardens by Annika Zetterman This book came out in February 2023, and the subtitle is Scandinavian Landscape Design. In this captivating exploration of Scandinavian…

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William Wordsworth Landscape Designer: A Winter Garden Made with Poetry

William Wordsworth

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 15, 1806 On this day, William Wordsworth received a life-changing invitation from Lady Margaret Willes Beaumont to design and build a winter garden at her estate in an old gravel quarry. This…

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Winter’s Hidden Heart: The Nature Wisdom of Hugh Macmillan

Hugh Macmillan, Scottish minister and naturalist

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 17, 1833 Dearest garden enthusiasts, today we celebrate the birth of Hugh Macmillan, a Scottish minister and naturalist whose poetic understanding of winter’s mysteries continues to illuminate our understanding of nature’s cycles.…

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Frost and Fantasy: Challenging Henry Bright’s Winter Garden Blues

Henry Arthur Bright

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. January 5, 1874 On this day, as frost kissed the dormant gardens of Lancashire, the English merchant and author Henry Arthur Bright put quill to paper, recording a rather bleak observation about winter…

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