Wisconsin Archives

From Seeds to Stories: Henry Field’s Book of a Thousand Gardens

Henry Field with Display Garden in the Background

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 25, 1911 On this day in the annals of gardening history, a most remarkable exchange took place between two devoted horticulturists. Harry Radlund, a persistent gardener from Kilbourn, Wisconsin, shared his triumphant…

November 13, 2020 Frederick Lueders, Walter Bartlett, Howard Scott Gentry, Jane Powers, Candace Bushnell, Jeff Cox, P. Allen Smith’s Seasonal Recipes from the Garden, and the 1916 Chrysanthemum Show

Today we celebrate the German-American botanist who lost all of his botanical work in the Columbia River. We’ll also learn about the man who started the Bartlett Arboretum. We’ll remember the Agave expert who never wanted a desk job. And we’ll take a look back at an article about the relationship between royalty and the…

Garden Help By Phone via a “Dial-A-Garden-Tipline” in Green Bay

“Readers could dial the number on various days of the week and hear a taped garden message.” July 24, 1975 On this day, the Green Bay Press-Gazette shared a little notice for their “Dial-A-Garden-Tipline.” Readers could dial the number on various days of the week and hear a taped educational garden message: July 17 Russian…