The Daily Gardener

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

Episodes

Total: 545

March 19, 2021 Hunting Century Oaks for Notre Dame, Stella Ross-Craig, Charles Joseph Sauriol, The Art of Outdoor Living, Garden Secrets of Bunny Mellon by Linda Holden, and The Plant Messiah

2021/3/19

Today we celebrate one of the best British scientific botanical artists of the 20th century. We'll a

March 18, 2021 The Chrysanthemum Comeback, Johnny Appleseed, Percy Thrower, The Left Hand of Nature, Garden Design Workbook by John Brookes, Harriet Barnes Pratt and Gardens on Parade

2021/3/18

Today we celebrate the birthday of a man many of us have heard about, but the details of his life st

March 17, 2021 How to Decorate for Spring, William Withering, Penelope Lively, Ernst Dieffenbach, Garden Design Review by Ralf Knoflach and Robert Schäfer, and Arthur's Shurcliff’s Revival Garden Design

2021/3/17

Today we celebrate a man who revealed the medicinal properties of Digitalis or Foxglove. We'll also

March 16, 2021 Rewilding Your Land, Anna Atkins, Martinus Beijerinck ("By-a-rink”), Constance Spry during WWII, Garden Design Master Class by Carl Dellatore, and the Legend of the Trailing Arbutus

2021/3/16

Today we celebrate a woman who made botanical art through her pioneering photography. We'll also lea

March 15, 2021 The Rule of 3 For Pollinator Plants, Archibald Menzies, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Roy Lancaster Remembers a Snow Gum Tree, Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway, and the Indiana State Flower

2021/3/15

Today we celebrate the man who introduced Europe to the Piggyback Plant - it’s now a popular housepl

March 12, 2021 National Plant-a-Flower Day, Francesco Franceschi, Nancy Goodwin, Allen Lacy, the Three-Tulip House, Forest by Matt Collins and the Kansas State Flower: the Sunflower

2021/3/12

Today we celebrate a man remembered for bringing a ton of new and exciting plant species to Californ

March 11, 2021 Sarah Raven’s Tip for Growing Herbs, Pierre Turpin, Jean White-Haney, Delphinium Secrets, Food Grown Right In Your Backyard by Colin McCrate and Brad Halm, and Montrose’s Priceless Tree

2021/3/11

Today we celebrate a botanical illustrator who is remembered as one of the greats from the 17th cent

March 10, 2021 Sowing Pansies and Violets, Laurence Binyon, John Torrey, a Florist’s Daughter’s Memoir, Flower Market by Michelle Mason and All Blue Potatoes

2021/3/10

March 9, 2021 See America’s Top Spring Gardens, Karl Foerster, Vita Sackville-West, Gardener’s Latin, Flower Confidential by Amy Stewart and Berton Braley’s Botany Poem

2021/3/9

Today we celebrate an East German Nurseryman and plant breeder who is remembered in the name Feather

March 8, 2021 Build an Affordable Grow Light System, André Michaux, William Roscoe, Getting Wisteria to Bloom, Floral Libations by Cassie Winslow, and Charlotte Wheeler-Cuffe

2021/3/8

Today we celebrate a French botanist and explorer who became an accomplished botanist after losing h

March 5, 2021 What to Plant in March, Anna Scripps Whitcomb, Idabelle Firestone, A March Garden Diary, Floral Cocktails by Lottie Muir, and Flowers for the Country Border

2021/3/5

Today we celebrate the woman who donated her entire orchid collection to begin the Belle Isle Conser

March 4, 2021 Five Perennial Herbs You Should Grow, Henry Frederick Conrad Sander, Luther Burbank’s Arbor Day, the Final days of a Gardener, Flora Japonica by Masumi Yamanaka and Order Gladiolus and Dahlias Now

2021/3/4

Today we celebrate a man who wrote the book on growing and selling orchids. We'll also learn about a

March 3, 2021 Planning a Productive Veg Garden, Matthias de L'Obel, Alexander Graham Bell, Katie Vaz on Rhubarb, Find Your Mantra by Aysel Gunar, and the birth flower for March.

2021/3/3

Today we celebrate the man who is remembered in one of the garden’s sweetest summer annuals - the lo

March 2, 2021 Gardens Matter to Pollinators, Joel Roberts Poinsett, John Jacob Mauerer, A Spring Flower Show, Fermented Vegetables by Kirsten and Christopher Shockey and the State Flower of Idaho

2021/3/2

Today we celebrate the man who went to Mexico as an ambassador and sent back the plant that became s

March 1, 2021 Thirty Irresistible Plants for Butterflies, Catharina Dörrien, Lenore Mulets, Alice and Forsythia, Fearless Gardening by Loree Bohl, and a Little Rose History with Fun Facts

2021/3/1

Today we celebrate the first woman to describe Fungi ("funj-eye") using the Linnaean system of class

February 26, 2021 How to use More Foliage in the Garden, Anna Eliza Reed Woodcock, Alfred D. Robinson, The Tussie-Mussie, Fantastic Fungi by Paul Stamets, and a Botanical Dream for Balboa Park

2021/2/26

Today we celebrate a charming woman who became known as the Apple Blossom Lady. We'll also learn abo

February 25, 2021 This Year's Garden Trends, Katherine Sophia Kane, Josif Pančić, The February Birds at Jean Hersey's Feeder, Everlastings by Bex Partridge, and an Edna Walling Theater Production

2021/2/25

Today we celebrate a young botanist that wrote the first flora of Ireland at the age of 22. We'll al

February 24, 2021 The World's Largest Honey Bee, Steve Jobs, the Indiana State Flower, February Chores, English Gardens by Kathryn Bradley-Hole, and an Appeal to Plant More Dogwood in Virginia from 1957

2021/2/24

Today we celebrate the birthday of a man who appreciated simplicity and knew that we would, too. We'

February 23, 2021 The Father of the RBGE Archives, Agnes Arber, Marion Delf-Smith, English Cottage Gardening by Margaret Hensel, and the Very Best Flowers for Drying

2021/2/23

Today we celebrate a woman known as the Lady of Botany, yet today few people know her life story, an

February 22, 2021 How to Create an Artistic Garden, Enda St. Vincent Millay, Charles Walker Cathcart, A Child Sees Winter Aconite for the First Time, Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine by Andrew Chevallier, and the Botanist Called the Vulture

2021/2/22

Today we celebrate an American lyrical poet and playwright who wrote some beautiful poems about flow