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The legend of the loganberry: Morris Bishop’s playful garden tale
by Morris Bishop A rose once bloomed in a garden, White and dainty and fair, By the garden wall at evenfall It dreamed and nodded there; And a raspberry bush climbed over the wall And hung in a rakish pose; “Haven’t we met somewhere, my pet?” The raspberry said to the rose. The pure white…
The mistletoe’s promise: Henry Rowland Brown on Christmas Eve
by Henry Rowland Brown There’s a sound of a festive morrow, It rings with delight over the snow, Dispelling the shadows of sorrow With promise that makes the heart glow… An angel peeps in at the window, And smiles as he looketh around, And kisses the mistletoe berries That wave o’er the love-hallowed ground. As…
The road through winter: Arthur St. John Adcock on journeys renewed
by Arthur St. John Adcock The way that leads to winter Will lead to summer too, For all roads end in other roads Where we may start anew. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all.
The garden year in verse: Sara Coleridge’s twelve months of nature
by Sara Coleridge January brings the snow, Makes our feet and fingers glow. February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again. March brings breezes, loud and shrill, To stir the dancing daffodil. April brings the primrose sweet, Scatters daisies at our feet. May brings flocks of pretty lambs Skipping by their fleecy dams. June…
Roses in December: J.M. Barrie on memory and bloom
by James Matthew Barrie, Scottish novelist, playwright, and the creator of Peter Pan God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all.
The bramble flower remembered: Ebenezer Elliott’s wild rose of December
by Ebenezer Elliott Thy fruit full well the schoolboy knows, Wild Brambles of the brake! So put thou forth thy small white rose; I love it for his sake. Today is the anniversary of the death of the English poet Ebenezer Elliott who died on this day, December 1, 1849. …
Charlotte Fiske Bates: Flowers of Healing, Bees of Suspicion, and Autumn Woodbines
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Charlotte Fiske Bates November 30, 2020 Today, we celebrate the birthday of Charlotte Fiske Bates, born on this day in 1838.…
Phebe Ann Holder: Songs of May Blossoms and October’s Calm
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Phebe A. Holder November 27, 2020 Today marks the birthday of Phebe Ann Holder, the New England poet born on this…
A Gardener’s Thanksgiving Abundance: Chestnuts, Cobblers, and Words of Thanks
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. A Gardener’s Thanksgiving Abundance. November 26, 2020 As autumn deepens into its final, flavorful days, our senses fill with the season’s…
The innocent in marble: William Lisle Bowles on Chantrey’s “Sleeping Children”
by William Lisle Bowles So breathing and so beautiful, they seem, As if to die in youth were but to dream Of spring and flowers! Of flowers? Yet nearer stand There is a lily in one little hand, So sleeps that child, not faded, though in death, And seeming still to hear…
The pleasures of planning: Vita Sackville-West on the gardener’s winter work
by Vita Sackville-West If it is true that one of the greatest pleasures of gardening lies in looking forward, then the planning of next year’s beds and borders must be one of the most agreeable occupations in the gardener’s calendar. This should make October and November particularly pleasant months, for then we may begin to…
The temperament of trees: Gladys Taber on the nature of seasons
by Gladys Taber, American writer and columnist Weather conditions are the same for all of them, one is no more sheltered than another, and they are the same age, judging by their size. I like to think one tree decides to keep summer a bit longer and one impetuously responds to the tide of incoming…
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