The Daily Gardener

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

Episodes

Total: 545

May 21, 2021 Little Garden Retreats, Alexander Pope, Eugene O'Neill, Garden Owners vs Everyone Else, Philosophy in the Garden by Damon Young and Truman Capote
2021/5/21

Today we celebrate an English writer who loved gardens and created a one-of-a-kind grotto as a cleve

May 20, 2021 Garden Stairways, Honoré de Balzac, the Chelsea Flower Show, Rikki-Tikki's Garden, Petal by Adriana Picker, and National Pick Strawberries Day
2021/5/20

Today we celebrate a prolific French writer and poet remembered for his realism and in his little ho

May 18, 2021 Solomon’s Seal, Omar Khayyám, John Culyer, Purée Of Spring Vegetables, Mary Delany Stationery, and Bertrand Russell
2021/5/18

Today we celebrate an old poet who loved gardens, We'll also learn about an inventor and architect w

May 17, 2021 Constance Spry, Mary Delany, Lord Byron, Dennis Potter, The Mitten Tree, On Harper's Trail by Elizabeth Findley Shores, and the First Color Photograph
2021/5/17

Today we celebrate a woman who became a renowned floral artist late in life. We'll also learn about

May 14, 2021 Sloping Garden Ideas, George Cooper, Charles Joseph Sauriol, Lilacs for Lincoln, Healing in the Garden, Nature into Art by Thomas Christopher and James Mease
2021/5/14

Today we celebrate a happy lyricist and poet. We'll also remember a charming diary entry from 1938 b

May 13, 2021 Keeping a Garden Journal, William Christman, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Heirloom Daffodils, Natural Companions by Ken Druse, and Daphne du Maurier
2021/5/13

Today we celebrate a garden that transformed into a cemetery for our country’s military. We'll also

May 12, 2021 Garden Therapy for Dementia, Florence Nightingale, Manitoba’s Prairie Crocus, Spring at Green Gables, Natural Affairs by Peter Bernhardt, and National Limerick Day
2021/5/12

Today we celebrate a woman named after Florence, Italy, and who loved flowers her entire life.  We'l

May 10, 2021 Butter Wakefield, Leonard Mascall, John Hope, Aconite Lust, My Wild Garden by Meir Shalev, and Cecelia Payne
2021/5/10

Today we celebrate the man who first wrote about the secateurs. We'll also learn about the Scottish

May 4, 2021 The Crown Imperial, Mary Sutherland, Audrey Hepburn, Up Shone May, Making the Most of Shade by Larry Hodgson and Henry Arthur Bright on May
2021/5/4

Today we celebrate the first woman to receive a Bachelor of Science in Forestry. We'll also remember

April 30, 2021 Goodbye April, Alice B. Toklas, Édouard Manet, A Perfect Spring Day, Liquid Gold by Roger Morgan-Grenville, and the Adirondack Botanical Society
2021/4/30

Today we celebrate the woman who was the life partner of American writer Gertrude Stein - and we’ll

April 29, 2021 Forsythia, Hunter’s Home Diary, Agnes Chase, Toni Morrison on spring, Life Among the Texas Flora by Minetta Altgelt Goyne, and Cornelia Vanderbilt
2021/4/29

Today we celebrate the botanical pastimes of two young women in Oklahoma back in 1850. We'll also le

April 28, 2021 Plants for Hummingbirds, William Darlington, Frances Bickelhaupt, Wanting Spring, Letters from Yellowstone by Diane Smith, and the State Flower of Alaska
2021/4/28

Today we celebrate a Quaker son of Pennsylvania who accomplished so much during his lifetime and lef

April 27, 2021 Groundcover Options, Thomas Church, Tulip Clusiana, The First Fine Spring Days, Lawn Gone! by Pam Penick, and Flora the Goddess of Spring
2021/4/27

Today we celebrate a 20th-Century Landscape Architect who focused on his client’s desires and needs.

April 26, 2021 Zen Garden Ideas, John J. Audubon, Norah Lindsey, Carolina Growing Seasons, The Resilient Farm and Homestead by Ben Falk, and Charles Darwin’s Funeral
2021/4/26

Today we celebrate a man who is remembered for his contributions to art and ornithology. We'll also