August 2, 2020 How to Brighten Up the Garden with Hollyhocks, Thomas Gainsborough, Hawaii's First Potato, John Bartram, Wallace Stevens, August Weather Folklore, How They Decorated by P. Gaye Tapp and Charlotte Moss, and Andrea Brunsendorf's Container
Today we remember the master landscape and portrait painter who grew up with a magnificent mulberry tree.
We learn about the planting of the first potato in Hawaii, and the discovery of a tree named for Benjamin Franklin.
We also remember the poet who was inspired not by his day job at an insurance company, but by a beautiful park that was across the street from his house.
We review some August Weather Folklore - and all I have to say is you might want to grab your coat.
We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book that lets us drop in on some of the most beautiful spaces on the planet.
And then…
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