May 14, 2019 Garden Experts, Mary Delany, Edward Jenner, John Cushnie, Hal Borland, Ruth Hayden, Slowing Growth in Shade, and the Mayapple
Most gardeners share a common secret: they never feel like they know enough about gardening to call themselves an expert.
If you feel this way after years of gardening, you're not alone.
Over two centuries ago, Thomas Jefferson sent a letter to his friend, the painter Charles Wilson Peale. He's lamenting the limitations of his garden at Monticello. He concludes with one of my favorite garden quotes of all time:
"But tho, an old man, I am but a young gardener."
Brevities
#OTD It's the birthday of Mary Delany Born today in 1700.
Mary Delany led an extraordinary life. The family had forced her…
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