The Daily Gardener

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

Episodes

Total: 545

July 15, 2020 Climate-Change-Ready Trees, St. Swithin’s Day, Inigo Jones, John Wilson, Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps, Niagra Falls, Insect Poetry, How to Cheat at Gardening and Yard Work by Jeff Bredenberg, and William Robinson

2020/7/15

Today we celebrate St. Swithin's Day. We'll also learn about the English architect who brought class

July 14, 2020 Ideas for a Summer Garden Party, Edwin James, Bastille Day, Rudolph Boysen, John T. White, Rachel Carson, The Butterfly's Ball and The Grasshopper's Feast, A Tapestry Garden By Marietta and Ernie O'Bryne, And William Vyvyan’s Night-Bloomi

2020/7/14

Today we celebrate the botanist who climbed Pikes Peak and discovered the Columbine (Aquilegia vulga

July 13, 2020 Garden Ideas to Boost Curb Appeal, Julius Caesar, Jane Loudon, John Charles Frémont, John Clare, The Power of a Plant by Stephen Ritz, and the Fairchild Tropical Garden

2020/7/13

Today we celebrate the Roman leader who is still honored with flowers. We'll also learn about one of

July 12, 2020 A Garden at Maturity, the Water Lily, Henry David Thoreau, David Douglas, Charles Darwin, Ynes Mexia, Fern Poem, The Gardener & the Grill by Karen Adler and Judith Fertig, and Yerba Buena

2020/7/12

Today we celebrate the man who inspired National Simplicity Day (It's dedicated every July 12th). We

July 11, 2020 Drying Flowers & Herbs, National Rainier Cherry Day, David Prain, Charles Joseph Sauriol, Charles Sumner Lambie, Hamilton Traub, Linden Tree Poetry, Kathryn at Home by Kathryn M Ireland and Clarence Henry Dennesen

2020/7/11

Today we celebrate National Rainier Cherry Day. We'll also learn about the Scottish Director of the

July 10, 2020 The Berries Migratory Birds Prefer, Favorite Garden Blogs, Parsley & Shade Trees, Asa Gray, Melville Thurston Cook, Elvin McDonald, Spiranthes parksii, Roy Lancaster, Summer Poetry, The Flower-Powered Garden by Andy Vernon, and Peruvian Blac

2020/7/10

Today we celebrate the man who established the science of botany in America. We'll also learn about

July 9, 2020 Magnolia Gardens White Bridge, Cottage Garden Style, Sowing Biennial Flower Seeds, Henry Wallace Johnston, Nikolay Vavilov, George Shull, Tomato Poetry, The Backyard Parables by Margaret Roach, and Samual Smithers aka Plantman

2020/7/9

Today we celebrate the man who named the lipstick tree and was known as Florida's Burbank. We'll als

July 8, 2020 American Garden Stamps, Herb Paris, Forrest Shreve, Eva Reed, Tom Thomson, Leonard Cockayne, Summer Poetry, Paradise Lot by Eric Toensmeier, and Milk Sickness

2020/7/8

Today we celebrate the preeminent botanist of North American deserts. We'll also learn about a belov

July 7, 2020 Rhodds Farm, Creeping Avens, Henry Compton, Frances Stackhouse Acton, William Curtis, Sir Walter Scott, The Dormouse and the Doctor by AA Milne, The Himalayan Garden by Jim Jermyn, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

2020/7/7

Today we celebrate a bishop botanist whose love of plants was second only to his love of God. We'll

July 6, 2020 Gardens on Lockdown, Hollyhocks, What's Green and Sings, Leonard Plukenet, William Jackson Hooker, Frank Smythe, Bee Poetry, The Humane Gardener by Nancy Lawson, and an Ode to Basil

2020/7/6

We'll also learn about the botanical illustrator and collector who established a worldwide reputatio

July 5, 2020 Take Kew’s Flower Quiz, A Review of Hamilton for Gardeners, Magnus von Lagerstrom, Adam Kuhn, Stamford Raffles, William Robinson, Rose Poetry, The Gardeners' Book by Diana Craig, and Margery Claire Carlson

2020/7/5

Today we celebrate the man remembered in the genus name for Crape Myrtle. We'll also learn about the

July 4, 2020 Installing a Temporary Garden, Dependence Day, Henry Bewley, Mary Dedecker, Lady Joan Margaret Legge, National Meadows Day, The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng, and Calvin Coolidge’s 52nd Birthday

2020/7/4

Today we celebrate what I'm calling Dependence Day for Gardeners. We'll also learn about the gutta-p

July 3, 2020 Being More Water-efficient, Dog Days, Gilbert Laing Meason, Michael Keens, Lambertus Bobbink, William Henry Davies, The Reason for Flowers by Stephen Buchmann, and Calvin R. Sperling

2020/7/3

Today we officially welcome the Dog Days - they start on this day and last for the next 40 days. We'

July 2, 2020 An Audience of Plants, Buying Flowers in July, Marian Farquharson, Herman Hesse, Ralph Hancock, Kate Brandegee, Cordelia Stanwood, NASA's ECOSTRESS, July Poetry, Glorious Shade by Jenny Rose Carey, and the Richard Wettstein Memorial

2020/7/2

Today we celebrate a female botanist who fought to get recognition for women by the Linnaean Society

July 1, 2020 Dwight Brown’s Urban Oasis, July in the Garden, Vale of York Naturalists Club, Illinois State Flower, July Poetry, The Earth Knows My Name by Patricia Klindienst, and Plant Explorer Finds Adventure in 1932

2020/7/1

Today we welcome the new month - July - and we remember the first meeting of the Vale of York Field

April 20, 2020 The Best Indoor Herb Gardens, Kitchen Scrap Gardening, Charles Plumier, Agnes Block, William Bartram, Louise Beebe Wilder, Joan Miró, Gardening Your Front Yard by Tara Nolan, and Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day

2020/4/20

Today we celebrate the French botanist and explorer who christened the Begonia, the Magnolia, and th

April 6, 2020 Vegetable Seeds Are the New Toilet Paper, 2020 Garden Dreams, Albrecht Dürer, Johann Zinn, José Celestino Mutis, Spring Poems, Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew, and California Poppy Day

2020/4/6

Today we celebrate the German artist who painted botanicals with extraordinary detail. We'll also le

April 3, 2020 Gardening for Resilience, Magnifying Glass for the Garden Tote, Nikolay Rumyantsev, John Burroughs, Kate Brandegee, Graham Stuart Thomas, The Overstory by Richard Powers, and The Wake-Robin by Rebecca Salsbury Palfrey Utter

2020/4/3

Today we celebrate the birthday of a Russian Count who funded an expedition that led to the discover

April 2, 2020 Prospect Cottage, Pascua Florida, Maria Sibylla Merian, Job Baster, American Farmer, The Overstory by Richard Powers, and Max Ernst

2020/4/2

Today we celebrate the discovery and naming of the state of Florida. We'll also learn about one of t

April 1, 2020 The Daily Gardener Podcast Birthday, George Edward Post, Hugo Von Mohl, Peter cundall, Wangari Maathai, On the Wild Side by Keith Wiley, Isaac Wolfe Bernheim, and the Bernheim Arboretum

2020/4/1

Today we celebrate the one year anniversary of the show and the man who wrote a flora of the Middle