The Daily Gardener

The Daily Gardener is a podcast about Garden History and Literature. The podcast celebrates the gard

Episodes

Total: 545

April 23, 2021 Isabel Bannerman on Scented Plants, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Simple Flowers, Kitchen Garden Revival by Nicole Johnsey Burke, and English Bluebells for St. George
2021/4/23

Today we celebrate the birthday of the greatest playwright who ever lived - and he incorporated over

April 21, 2021 Seven Top Indoor Herbs, John Muir, Benjamin Maund, Spring in Paris, Kinship of Clover by Ellen Meeropol, and Frances Perry on Ferns
2021/4/21

Today we celebrate a man who found all the answers to life in nature, and we still learn from his pr

April 20, 2021 Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, Charles Plumier, William Bartram, George MacDonald on April, Ken Druse's New York City Gardener by Ken Druse and Peter Barr
2021/4/20

Today we celebrate the botanist who named the fuchsia plant. We'll also learn about the first Americ

April 19, 2021 Six Amazing Garden Recipes, Adrian Hardy Haworth, Lucy Braun, Jen Calonita, Just Add Water by Cynthia Gaylin Bigony, and National Garlic Day
2021/4/19

Today we celebrate a botanist remembered with the Haworthia (“how-wurth-EE-ah”) genus. We'll also le

April 15, 2021 Propagating Your Favorite Herbs, Elisabeth Christina von Linné, Francis Hallé, Christina Rossetti, A Wilder Life by Celestine Maddy, and Alexander Garden
2021/4/15

Today we celebrate a Swedish botanist with a famous father who observed flashes of light emitting fr

April 14, 2021 Austin Trees After the Freeze, Helene Cramer, Henry Walter Bates, Ernest Hemingway, James Sowerby by Paul Henderson, and Jim Zampini
2021/4/14

Today we celebrate a German landscape and flower painter who was forbidden to paint by her father. W

April 13, 2021 The Arts and Crafts Movement, Eudora Welty, Mary Strong Clemens, The Rush of Spring, Imperial Nature by Jim Endersby, and International Plant Appreciation Day
2021/4/13

Today we celebrate a writer and avid gardener who, as an adult, gardened beside her mother for decad

April 12, 2021 North-Facing Garden Ideas, Zina Pitcher, Thomas Nuttal, Willis Linn Jepson, Edith Pargeter, Hydrangeas by Naomi Slade and National Licorice Day
2021/4/12

Today we celebrate the American doctor and amateur botanist who left a legacy in Michigan. We'll als

April 9, 2021 Derek Jarman on Gardening, Joseph Trimble Rothrock, Phoebe Lankester, E. J. Scovell, How to Houseplant by Heather Rodino, and Sidewalk Chalk Tree Labels
2021/4/9

Today we celebrate a botanist remembered as the Father of Forestry. We'll also learn about a 19th-ce

April 7, 2021 Styling a Botanical Bookshelf, Michel Adanson, David Fairchild, William Wordsworth, Heal Thyself by Benjamin Woolley, and the Power of a Sunny Spring Day
2021/4/7

Today we celebrate a botanist who is honored by the genus for the spectacular Baobab tree. We’ll rec

April 6, 2021 The ‘Plant for Peace, Johann Zinn, California Poppy Day, North With the Spring, Happy Orchid by Sara Rittershausen, and the Florida botanist Alvan Chapman
2021/4/6

Today we celebrate the man who is remembered with the much-loved Zinnia We'll also learn about the C

April 5, 2021 Cottage Garden Ideas, Matthias Schleiden, Zina Pitcher, Lilies of the Valley Fabergé egg, Edward Giobbi, Happy Bonsai by Micheal Tran, and Anne Scott-James
2021/4/5

Today we celebrate the botanist who discovered cells in plants and helped to establish cell theory.

March 26, 2021 Stream These Awesome Garden Shows, Lady Luxborough, William Woodville, The Sower, George Washington Carver by Christina Vella, and Robert Frost
2021/3/26

Today we celebrate a woman who was outcast and imprisoned in her own home and so she became a garden

March 24, 2021 A Fantastic Native Plant Resource, Mark Catesby, Aven Nelson, Bloodroot, Gardens in the Spirit of Place by Page Dickey, and Humphry Repton
2021/3/24

Today we celebrate a remarkable English naturalist and artist. We'll also learn about the man known

March 23, 2021 Plant-Shaking Trend, John Bartram, Arabella Elizabeth Roupell, The Tree Poem, Gardening When It Counts by Steve Solomon, and National Chia Day
2021/3/23

Today we celebrate one of American’s earliest botanists. We'll also learn about a fantastic English

March 22, 2021 Cemetery White Iris, Henry David Thoreau, Christine Buisman, Thomas Carew, Garden Time by W.S. Merwin, and America’s First Horticultural Society
2021/3/22

Today we celebrate a journal entry about spring and sap and microclimates. We'll also learn about a