Posts Tagged ‘women in horticulture’
Marianne North: The Victorian Artist Who Painted the World’s Flora
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 24, 1830 And it was on this day, my dear friend, that one of the most extraordinary botanical artists ever to wield a brush drew her first breath in Hastings, England. I…
Read MoreThe Pink Lady of Woodhills: Cora Older’s Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 24, 1875 And it was on this day in 1875, my dear friend, that a remarkable woman who would come to be known as “The Pink Lady” was born in Clyde, New…
Read MoreSeeds of Wisdom: Martha Ballard’s 19th Century Garden Journal
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 16, 1809 On this day, Martha Ballard, the remarkable herbalist and midwife of Hallowell, Maine, recorded her work in her meticulously kept journal. Oh, my dear gardeners, I know how much you…
Read MoreKate Lancaster Brewster: Cultivating Gardens and Communities
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 26, 1921 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts, we find ourselves witness to a pivotal moment in the annals of horticultural history. Kate Lancaster Brewster, a veritable doyenne of the gardening world,…
Read MoreBeauty Without Bounds: The Democratic Garden Vision of Annette Hoyt Flanders
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 16, 1887 Dearest garden enthusiasts, today we celebrate the birth of a remarkable woman who championed both the grand and humble garden with equal passion. Born in Milwaukee, Annette Hoyt Flanders was…
Read MoreThe Quiet Revolutionary: Marian Coffin’s Garden Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 16, 1876 Dearest garden enthusiasts, while suffragettes and revolutionaries may not trumpet her name, today we celebrate a quiet revolutionary who transformed American landscape architecture through sheer determination and artistic brilliance. Young…
Read MoreFrom Iron Benches to Innovation: Lady Wolseley’s Garden Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 15, 1872 On this day, we cast our gaze back to when Frances Garnet Wolseley, destined to become the 2nd Viscountess Wolseley, drew her first breath into a world she would later…
Read MoreLiterary Gardens: How Edith Wharton Designed with Words and Flowers
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 1, 1937 My dear readers, on this most peculiar day, the eminent American authoress Edith Wharton suffered a rather inconvenient heart attack while gracing the country estate of her friend and co-author…
Read MoreThe Adventurous Career Path of Plant Exploration: A 1934 Male Perspective from Knowles A. Ryerson
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 17, 1934 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts, we find ourselves whisked away to the year 1934, where The Times Herald of Port Huron, Michigan, tantalized its readers with a most captivating…
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