The Daily Gardener

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

Episodes

Total: 545

December 17, 2020 Five Low-Maintenance Annuals, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Charles Morren, Rachel Peden, Jean Hersey, The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh and Shooting Down Mistletoe

2020/12/17

Today we celebrate one of the world’s best composers and his intense appreciation of nature. We'll a

December 16, 2020 Madagascar Vanilla, Marshall Pinckney Wilder, Albert Spear Hitchcock, David Hall, Hal Borland, The Catskills Farm to Table Cookbook by Courtney Wade and a Plant Called Higgenses

2020/12/16

Today we celebrate a botanist remembered for his work with Pears and Camellias. We'll also learn abo

December 15, 2020 How Front Gardens Boost Wellbeing, Margaret Cavendish, Joyce Winifred Vickery, The National Herb Garden, Donald Culross Peattie, Farming the Woods by Ken Mudge and Steve Gabriel, and Fenway Park Boston Ivy

2020/12/15

Today we celebrate the 17th-century philosopher and naturalist, who was the first woman to make a li

December 14, 2020 New Apple Variety in Wiltshire, John Claudius Loudon, Richard Hale Goodwin, John Bannister Tabb, Alchemy of Herbs by Rosalee De La Foret and the State Flower of Alabama

2020/12/14

Today we celebrate the English garden writer who fell in love with one of the world’s first science

December 11, 2020 Brazil's Deforestation Surges, Jacob Schneck, Henry David Thoreau, Victor Lemoine, Edgar Albert Guest, Growing Perennial Foods by Acadia Tucker, and Fiorello LaGuardia

2020/12/11

Today we celebrate the Indiana botanist remembered in a particular species of Red Oak (Quercus rubra

December 10, 2020 The Conference Pear, Emily Dickenson, the 1909 Cherry Tree gift from Japan, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Carolyn Kizer, Growing Beautiful Food by Matthew Benson and Henry Nicholas Ridley

2020/12/10

Today we celebrate the birthday of a beloved American who, in her lifetime, was known more as a gard

December 9, 2020 Kenya’s Giant Fig Tree, Henry David Thoreau, Lorraine Collett, Peter Smithers, John Milton, The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens by Linda Chisholm and Peyton Zieger’s Sweet Potato Party

2020/12/9

Today we celebrate the first snow of 1855 on Walden Pond. We'll also learn about the young woman who

December 8, 2020 Italy’s Olive Trees, Jan Ingenhousz, David Don, James Logan, Morris Bishop, Planting Design for Dry Gardens by Olivier Filippi and Making A Sugarplum Tree

2020/12/8

Today we celebrate the botanist who discovered photosynthesis. We'll also learn about the Linnean So

December 7, 2020 Edward Tuckerman, William Saunders, Phipps Conservatory, Henry Rowland-Brown, The Art of the Garden by Relais & Châteaux North America and Willa Cather

2020/12/7

Today we celebrate the botanist who saved the Lewis and Clark specimen sheets. We'll also learn abou

December 4, 2020 David Domoney’s Fencing Guide, Andre Michaux, Theodore Vogel, John Tyndall, Arthur St. John Adcock, The Family Garden Plan by Melissa K. Norris, and Edna Walling

2020/12/4

Today we celebrate the botanist who discovered the Rhododenrun minus growing in South Carolina. We'l

December 3, 2020 Seed Size, Gourds and Squashes, James Arnold, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Sara Coleridge, Earth to Table by Jeff Crump and Bettina Schormann, and Octavia Hill

2020/12/3

Today I'll talk about the difference between gourds and squash. We'll also celebrate the man whose p

December 2, 2020 Rain Garden Design, Johann Julius Hecker, Nicholas Alexander Dalzell, James Edward Smith, James M. Barrie, Small Space Garden Ideas by Philippa Pearson, and Oliver Herford

2020/12/2

Today we celebrate the German botanist who used gardens as classrooms. We'll also learn about the bo

December 1, 2020 December Folklore and Flowers, John Gerard, Andrew Thomas Gage, Clark Gable, Ebenezer Elliott, Planthropology by Ken Druse, and the Divine Miss M Rose

2020/12/1

Today we celebrate the botanist who wrote one of the first Herbals. We'll also learn about the botan

November 30, 2020 Wreaths to Keep Up, Martha Ballard, Nathanael Pringsheim, Mark Twain, Charlotte Fiske Bates, Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Home, and Lucy Maud Montgomery

2020/11/30

Today we celebrate an herbalist who kept a remarkable journal. We'll also learn about the German bot

November 27, 2020 Plant Seed Spacing, Albert Etter, Karl Foerster, Phebe Ann Holder, The Vegetable Garden Cookbook by Tobias Rauschenberger and Oliver Brachat, and the Bicentenary at Kew

2020/11/27

Today we celebrate a one of a kind American plantsman and breeder who gave us the red-fleshed Pink P

November 26, 2020 Proper Watering, Jean-Jacques de Mairan, George Ellwanger, Washington Atlee Burpee, Sarah Addison Allen, John Evelyn, Aileen Fisher, Wall Art Made Easy by Barbara Ann Kirby and Ruth Myrtle Patrick

2020/11/26

Today we celebrate the man who proved plants have a circadian rhythm. We'll also learn about the nur

November 25, 2020 Succulent Christmas Trees, Isaac Watts, Leonard Woolf, Francis Chantrey, William Lisle Bowles, Do-It-Yourself Garden Projects and Crafts by Debbie Wolfe, and Alma Gluck

2020/11/25

Today we celebrate the clergyman who wrote hymns and poems that use garden imagery. We'll also learn

November 24, 2020 The Zen Garden Chaise Lounge, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Charles Darwin, Arlington Heights Garden Club, Vita Sackville West, The Beautiful Edible Garden by Leslie Bennett and Stefani Bittner, and Mosquitoes in November

2020/11/24

Today we celebrate a prolific writer who loved violets and wrote about a secret garden. We'll also l

November 23, 2020 Fibonacci in the Garden, Nathaniel Ward, Alexander Anderson, Roald Dahl, Gladys Taber, The Farm by Ian Knauer, and How to Care for Your Poinsettia

2020/11/23

Today we celebrate one of the first successful uses of the Wardian Case on a ship in 1833. We'll als

November 20, 2020 What to Know Before Planting Bulbs, Penelope Hobhouse, Richard Fagan, August Henry Kramer, Martine Bailey, Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement by Judith Tankard, and the Misnaming of Lespedeza

2020/11/20

Today we celebrate the gardener and writer who turns 91 today. We'll also learn about the man who cr