The Daily Gardener

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

Episodes

Total: 545

December 4, 2019 Central Park Arborists, Dahlias at Bramble Garden, Saving Junipers, Andre Michaux, Theodore Vogel, John Tyndall, Edna Walling, Baron von Mueller, Starting & Saving Seeds by Julie Thompson Adolf, Plant Labels, and the Davenport Women's Clu

2019/12/4

Today we celebrate one of the first botanists to explore South Carolina and a German botanist who me

December 3, 2019 Five Winter Herbs, The Grateful Tree, Jupiter Artland, Sir Thomas Herriot, Columbus, Claude Aubriet, Henry Arthur Bright, Vegetables Love Flowers by Lisa Ziegler, Horticultural Charcoal, and 100 years without Renoir

2019/12/3

Today we celebrate a diary entry made by Columbus as well as the man who introduced the potato to En

December 2, 2019 Plant Science Careers, Dirk Denison Home, Cheesy Acorn Squash, Johann Julius Hecker, James Edward Smith, John Lewis Russell, Ferdinand Lindheimer, Gardenlust by Christopher Woods, Gardeners Hand Cream, and December's Birth Flower

2019/12/2

Today we celebrate the German reformer who added the cultivation of Mulberries and silkworms as part

November 26, 2019 Herbal-Infused Broth, Leave the Leaves, Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, Henry Winthrop Sargent, Oak by William Bryant Logan, a Thanksgiving Time Capsule and an Olive Tree on a Movie Set in 1949

2019/11/26

Today we celebrate the man who discovered that plants have circadian rhythms. We'll learn about the

November 25, 2019 Best Holiday Botanical Garden, Vancouver Seawall, Francisco de Paula Marín, Leonard Woolf, Hideo Sasaki, Rudolph Boysen, Orchid Modern by Marc Hachadourian, Holiday Microgreens, and Starting a Walking Club

2019/11/25

Today we celebrate the Spaniard who brought the pineapple and coffee to Hawaii. We'll learn about

November 22, 2019 Gravel Garden Beds, 30 Top Landscape Perennials, Edwin Jellett, Doris Duke, George Eliot, Herb Topiaries by Sally Gallo, Yule Log, and November Strawberries in 1843

2019/11/22

Today we celebrate the man who wrote extensively about the history and flora of Germantown and...

November 21, 2019 Dancing with Bees, the Garden Works in Winter, Jan Gronovius, Albert Burrage, Harold Nicolson, A Potted History of Vegetables by Lorraine Harrison, Tchotchke Tidy Up, and the First Garden TV Show

2019/11/21

Today we celebrate the botanist who named the very first plant for his mentor Carl Linnaeus, and we

November 20 Horticultural Fleece, School Horticulture Clubs, John Merle Coulter, Penelope Hobhouse, Lespedeza, August Henry Kramer, No-Waste Kitchen Gardening by Katie Elzer-Peters, Holiday Planters, and the Smallest Rose Park

2019/11/20

Today we celebrate the botanist who started the Botanical Gazette back in 1875 and the incredibly do

November 19, 2019 German Garden Ideas, Christmas Cactus Care, Grave Gardening, Nathan Franklin Barrett, Calvert Vaux, Tennyson, John Tabb, Adventures of a Gardener by Peter Smithers, Place Cards, and Botanical Brothers at Gettysburg

2019/11/19

Today we celebrate the co-founder of the American Society of Landscape Architects and a man who maxi

November 18, 2019 The National Trust Cover Photo, The Feminine History of Botany, William Shenstone, Leo Lesquereux, Asa Gray, Kim Wilde, Margaret Atwood, Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life by Marta McDowell, Boot Tray reboot and Cranberry Frenzy in 1843

2019/11/18

Today we celebrate the gardener who turned his farm into a picturesque wonder and the Swiss botanist

November 15, 2019 Bob Randall's Houston Garden Guide, 50 Top Plants, Fall Berries, Australia's First Grapes, Marianne Moore, Georgia O'Keeffe, The Surprising Life of Constance Spry by Sue Shephard, Punch Bowls and the State Flower of Florida

2019/11/15

Today we celebrate the first grapes that were grown down under and the poet who saved a tree that lo

November 14, 2019 Grow Your Own Wellness Garden, Collecting Seeds, Preserving the Torreya, Henri Dutrochet, Robert Buist, Claude Monet, Thomas Mawson, HB Prince Charles, Robert Frost, Monet's Passion by Elizabeth Murray, Seedheads, and International Tempr

2019/11/14

Today we celebrate the botanist who discovered osmosis and the botanist who helped popularize the po

November 13, 2019 Coleus Cuttings, Air Plants, Make a Christmas Seedhead Wreath, Robert Louis Stevenson, Frederick Lueders, Chrysanthemum Show, Howard Scott Gentry, Square Foot Gardening 3rd Edition, Houseplant Spa Day, and Bedding Plants as Wealth Indic

2019/11/13

Today we celebrate the writer who dedicated his book called A Child's Garden of Verses to his childh

November 12, 2019 Gardening Zodiac Signs, Stolen Compost, Australia's Most Popular Indoor Plant, The Savill Garden Sculptures, Bougainville, Eschscholtz, Arthur Shurcliff, Orchids, Pedro Dot, Herbal Tea Gardens by Marietta Marshall Marcin, Forcing Bulbs,

2019/11/12

Today we celebrate the French admiral and explorer who had a female botanist posing as a male valet

November 11, 2019 Kashmir Paradise, Orchids with Alys Fowler, Perennial Garden Care, Jean-Baptiste Van Mons, Chrysanthemums, the Leonids, Carl Peter Thunberg, Beverley Nichols, Gardening for Butterflies by The Xerces Society, Staking Trees, and Elizabeth

2019/11/11

Today we celebrate the botanist who bred more than 40 types of pears - including our most popular va

November 8, 2019 Dividing Perennials, Kew's Agius Garden, Medieval Herb Gardens, Tree Intelligence, Victoria Cruziana, Kate Sessions, Vavilov Seed Bank, Bluethenthal Wildflower Preserve, Covent Gardens, How to Know the Ferns by Frances Theodora Parsons, B

2019/11/8

Today we celebrate the plant named in honor of Queen Victoria and the President of Peru and Bolivia.

November 7, 2019 An Ingenious Compost Bin, Hedge Planting Advice, Six Hardy Annuals to Sow Now, Winter's Day, Warren Manning, Willis Linn Jepson, Irvin Williams, Ruth Pitter, Thoreau, Onward and Upward in the Garden by Katherine White, Outdoor Rugs, and

2019/11/7

Today we celebrate the Landscape Architect, who left a mark on over 50 towns in the United States.

November 6, 2019 Modern Monochromatic Wedding Flowers, Vegan Garden, Saffron for Emotional Health, Saving Seeds, Bernard de Jussieu, Alice Lounsberry, Gladys Tabor, Vertical Vegetables by Amy Andrychowicz, Succulent Funeral, and Frank Kingdon Ward

2019/11/6

Today we celebrate the Versailles botanist who started organizing plants in a new way but kept his m

November 5, 2019 Small Garden Ideas on a Budget, Best Plants for November, Garden Wedding at Waterford, Humphrey Marshall, John Redfield, Botanicum by Katie Scott and Kathy Willis, Winterizing your Pressure Washer, and Otter Troubles

2019/11/5

Today we celebrate the botanist who created the second botanical garden in the United States and the

November 4, 2019 Color for the Winter Garden, Favorite Ginkgo Varieties, Houseplant Trend, Thoreau on Autumn, Janaki Ammal, Arizona Palm, The Garden in Every Sense and Season by Tovah Martin, Spigots Off, and Benedict Roezl

2019/11/4

Today we celebrate fall through the eyes of a writer and naturalist from the year 1855 and the botan