November 13, 2024 Gardens, Meteors, and Chrysanthemums, Joseph Paxton, Cherry Trees of 1909, The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Cacti and Succulents by the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Paul Rees and The Dangerous World of Rare Orchids
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November 14, 2024 A Second Spring, Nell Gwynn, John Custis IV, Gardens for the Soul by Sara Bird and Dan Duchars, and Robert Buist
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Subscribe | | | | Support The Daily Gardener Connect for FREE! | Botanical History On This Day , died at the age of 37 in her Pall Mall house in London. Known as "pretty, witty Nell" by diarist Samuel Pepys, she was one of the most celebrated figures of the Restoration period and a long-time mistress of King Charles II. , an American planter, politician, government official, and military officer, died. His garden legacy has recently captured headlines as archaeologists uncover what was once colonial America's most lavish ornamental garden. Grow...
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November 13, 2024 Gardens, Meteors, and Chrysanthemums, Joseph Paxton, Cherry Trees of 1909, The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Cacti and Succulents by the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Paul Rees and The Dangerous World of Rare Orchids
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Subscribe | | | | Support The Daily Gardener Connect for FREE! | Botanical History On This Day 1849 took place at Windsor Castle. Imagine, if you will, standing in the grand halls of Windsor Castle as Joseph Paxton (PAX-ton) presented a massive leaf and exquisite blossom of the Victoria Amazonica (vik-TOR-ee-ah am-uh-ZON-ih-kuh) to the Queen. The moment was so moving that Her Majesty enthusiastically declared, "We are immensely pleased." 1909 The Secretary of Agriculture (WIL-sun) sent what seemed like a routine notification to the plant...
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November 12, 2024 Revelations in the Fall Garden, Auguste Rodin, Princess Therese of Bavaria, Habitat Creation In Garden Design by Catherine Heatherington and Alex Johnson, and Clarissa Tucker Tracy
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Subscribe | | | | Support The Daily Gardener Connect for FREE! | Botanical History On This Day 1840 (oh-GOOST roh-DAN), the great French sculptor, was born. A man who found the divine in both marble and flowers - Auguste Rodin would ultimately earn the title of the father of modern sculpture. Today, we gardeners might better remember him as a kindred spirit who understood that true beauty grows wild and free. 1850 (teh-RAY-zuh of buh-VAIR-ee-uh), was born. This remarkable woman found her true calling not in the gilded halls of...
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November 08, 2024 Winter Preparation, William Copeland McCalla, Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald, A New Cottage Garden by Mark Bolton, and Margaret Mitchell
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Subscribe | | | | Support The Daily Gardener Connect for FREE! | Botanical History On This Day 1872 , Canadian botanist and photographer, is born. McCalla would become one of Alberta's most influential botanists, combining his passion for photography with his love of plants to create an extraordinary legacy in Canadian botanical history. 1922 , Canadian poet, died. Her poetic voice still echoes through the gardens of Maritime Canada. Her garden legacy continues to bloom in the hearts of those who tend both soil and verse. Grow That Garden...
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November 07, 2024 November's Little Garden Tasks, Rockingham Colonial Gardens, Warren Manning, The Landscape of Home by Edmund Hollander, and Ruth Pitter
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Subscribe | | | | Support The Daily Gardener Connect for FREE! | Botanical History On This Day 1783 General George Washington penned his historic Farewell Address to his troops at , marking a pivotal moment in American history. Today, this historic site continues to tell its story not just through its architecture, but through its meticulously maintained period gardens that offer visitors a living connection to our nation's past. 1860 , a visionary landscape architect, is born. His birth was commemorated by his father with the...
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November 06, 2024 Finding Hope in the November Garden, Alice Lounsberry, Frank Kingdon-Ward, Favorite Poems for the Garden by Bushel & Peck Books, and Martha Turnbull
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Subscribe | | | | Support The Daily Gardener Connect for FREE! | Botanical History On This Day 1868 The botanist and garden writer is born in New York City. 1885 The renowned British botanist and explorer was born in Manchester, England. Grow That Garden Library™ Read The Daily Gardener review of Buy the book on Amazon: Today's Botanic Spark 1836 , mistress of Rosedown Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, penned the first entry in what would become a remarkable 59-year chronicle of life and gardening...
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November 05, 2024 Arranging Flowers and Planting Bulbs, Humphry Marshall, Ellen Biddle Shipman, Garden Favorites by Warren Schultz, Rebecca W. Atwater and Rick Darke, and Ida Tarbell
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Subscribe | | | | Support The Daily Gardener Connect for FREE! | Botanical History On This Day 1801 On this day, America lost one of its pioneering botanists, , the "Father of American Dendrology." 1869 , a woman who found her voice in the whispers of flowers and her strength in the structure of garden walls, is born. Grow That Garden Library™ Read The Daily Gardener review of Buy the book on Amazon: Today's Botanic Spark 1857 is born - a woman who would become known for exposing Standard Oil's monopolistic practices but who found her greatest peace tending to her...
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November 04, 2024 Last Call for Spring Bulbs, John Bradby Blake, William Rickatson Dykes, Harry Ferguson, My Favorite Plant by Jamaica Kincaid, and Saving Summer with a Windowsill Garden
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Subscribe | | | | Support The Daily Gardener Connect for FREE! | Botanical History On This Day 1745 The English botanist [BRAD-bee BLAKE] is born. Though he lived a tragically short life - dying at just twelve days after his 28th birthday - John left behind an extraordinary legacy that bridges East and West through botanical art and discovery. 1877 [RICK-et-sun DYKES] is born in Bayswater, London. Though he began his career as a classics teacher at Charterhouse School, it was his passion for irises that would ultimately define...
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November 01, 2024 Welcome November Gardens, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, John Joly, Adventures in Eden by Carolyn Mullet, and Maude Jeannie Young
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Subscribe | | | | Support The Daily Gardener Connect for FREE! | Botanical History On This Day 1857 (pronounced "JOLLY") was born on this day in Hollywood House near the village of Bracknagh (pronounced "BRACK-nuh") in County Offaly, Ireland. Joly was an Irish polymath whose profound connection to nature led him not only to groundbreaking scientific discoveries but also to poetry about fossils and gardens. 1636 (pronounced "nee-koh-LAH bwah-LOH day-pray-OH") was born on this day in Paris. Boileau was a French poet and critic whose...
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October 31, 2024 Spiderwebs and Snow, John Keats, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Seedtime and Harvest by Christie Purifoy, and Troston Gardener Edward Ward
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Subscribe | | | | Support The Daily Gardener Connect for FREE! | Botanical History On This Day 1795 is born into a world he would later capture through some of the most vivid botanical imagery in English poetry. 1895 , the popular American writer, is born in Randolph, Massachusetts. Grow That Garden Library™ Read The Daily Gardener review of Buy the book on Amazon: Today's Botanic Spark 1804 Gardener laid down his trowel for the last time. He was 92. Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a...
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Botanical History On This Day
1849 A most extraordinary presentation took place at Windsor Castle.
Imagine, if you will, standing in the grand halls of Windsor Castle as Joseph Paxton (PAX-ton) presented a massive leaf and exquisite blossom of the Victoria Amazonica (vik-TOR-ee-ah am-uh-ZON-ih-kuh) to the Queen.
The moment was so moving that Her Majesty enthusiastically declared, "We are immensely pleased."
1909 The Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson (WIL-sun) sent what seemed like a routine notification to the plant industry office in Seattle.
Little did anyone know this simple message would set in motion one of the most delicate diplomatic situations in early 20th-century American-Japanese relations.
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1989 The Sarasota Herald-Tribune published a story that lifted the veil on the shadowy world of rare orchid trading. The article focused on Limerick Inc. and an alleged smuggling operation of endangered Chinese orchids to Florida - but the real story runs much deeper into the heart of
orchid obsession.
The tale of Kerry Richards and his nursery, Limerick Inc., reads like a botanical thriller.
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