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The Daily Gardener
The Daily Gardener is a weekday podcast celebrating garden history, literature, and the small botanical stories that shape how we garden today. Each episode follows an "on this day" format, uncovering the people, plants, books, and moments that have quietly influenced gardens across time. New episodes are released Monday through Friday, and each show features a thoughtfully chosen garden book.
Episodes
- The Daily Gardener
May 28, 2021 20 Top Perennials, Anne Brontë, Frank Nicholas Meyer, The Last Camellia, Plants That Kill by Elizabeth Dauncey, and Frances Perry on Silver Foliage
Today we celebrate a beloved English novelist and poet. We'll also learn about an intrepid plant explorer remembered most for the little yellow fruit he…
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May 27, 2021 Grasses, Floral Clock, Vincent Price, Yellow in the Garden, Plants by Kathy Willis, and the Run for the Black-Eyed Susans
Today we celebrate an old account of Linnaeus's floral clock. We'll also learn about the garden life of an American actor who was best known for his brilliant…
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May 26, 2021 Becoming a Garden Designer, Sébastien Vaillant, William J. Fisher, Lily of the Valley, Plantopia by Camille Soulayrol, and Edgar Fawcett
Today we celebrate a French botanist who broke the news to the scientific community in Paris: plants have sex. We'll also learn about a German botanist who…
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May 25, 2021 Strawberry Rocks, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jamaica Kincaid, Weed Empathy, Plant Identification Terminology by James G. Harrison, and Theodore Roethke
Today we celebrate a man who changed his personal beliefs and life philosophy after studying nature. We'll also learn about a woman who writes about her…
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May 24, 2021 Adorable Mason Jar Mosquito Repellent, Sarah Josepha Hale, Michael Chabon, Killing Slugs, Plant Combinations for an Abundant Garden by David Squire, Alan and Gill Bridgewater, and Jumpin Jack
Today we celebrate an American woman who loved plants, wrote memorable verses that have stood the test of time, and became the Godmother of Thanksgiving. We'll…
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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
Today we celebrate an English writer who loved gardens and created a one-of-a-kind grotto as a clever way to connect his home and garden. We'll also learn…
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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
Today we celebrate a prolific French writer and poet remembered for his realism and in his little home and garden - now a Paris museum. We'll also learn a…
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May 19, 2021 The Past 40 Years of Garden Design, Catherine Furbish, Emma Genevieve Gillette, Nathaniel Hawthorn, The Sparrow Sisters, Organic Gardening for Everyone by Cali Kim, and Nora Ephron
Today we celebrate an American female botanist who collected the flora of the great state of Maine. We'll also learn about a Michigan conservationist who is…
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May 18, 2021 Solomon's Seal, Omar Khayyám, John Culyer, Purée Of Spring Vegetables, Mary Delany Stationery, and Bertrand Russell
Today we celebrate an old poet who loved gardens, We'll also learn about an inventor and architect who created a large machine to help move established trees…
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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
Today we celebrate a woman who became a renowned floral artist late in life. We'll also learn about an English poet and politician who loved nature. We'll…
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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
Today we celebrate a happy lyricist and poet. We'll also remember a charming diary entry from 1938 by a Canadian conservationist and naturalist. We'll honor a…
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May 13, 2021 Keeping a Garden Journal, William Christman, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Heirloom Daffodils, Natural Companions by Ken Druse, and Daphne du Maurier
Today we celebrate a garden that transformed into a cemetery for our country's military. We'll also learn about one of America's oldest gardens that oped on…
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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
Today we celebrate a woman named after Florence, Italy, and who loved flowers her entire life. We'll learn about the Floral Emblem of Manitoba. We hear an…
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May 11, 2021 Cassian Schmidt, Henri Frederic Amiel, Abel Aken Hunter, Death Valley Discovery, Pruning as a Metaphor for Life, Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets, and Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
Today we celebrate a Swiss philosopher who loved nature. We'll remember the famous Panama orchid hunter whose orchids were displayed on this day 93 years ago…
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May 10, 2021 Butter Wakefield, Leonard Mascall, John Hope, Aconite Lust, My Wild Garden by Meir Shalev, and Cecelia Payne
Today we celebrate the man who first wrote about the secateurs. We'll also learn about the Scottish botanist who established the Edinburgh "Edinbura" Botanic…
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May 6, 2021 A Farmer Chef's New Perspectives on Vegetables, Jean Senebier, Alexander von Humboldt, Gardener Philosophers, Eating from the Ground Up by Alana Chernila, and the 1917 Raisin Day Parade
Today we celebrate the botanist who discovered the function of leaves. We'll also learn about a visionary German naturalist and polymath who recognized the…
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May 5, 2021 Two Great Garden Design Tips,Thomas Hayton Mawson, Cecil Ross Pinsent, Planting on Fallow Ground, Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening by Matt Mattus and The Iowa State Flower
Today we celebrate a British garden designer, prolific Edwardian Landscape Architect, and town planner. We'll also remember a British garden designer and…
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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
Today we celebrate the first woman to receive a Bachelor of Science in Forestry. We'll also remember the Academy Award-winning actress who narrated a 1990's…
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May 3, 2021 Five Agrotourism Hotspots, Charles Joseph Sauriol, May Sarton, Seasonal Inspiration, Half Baked Harvest Super Simple by Tieghan Gerard, and the Victor Cicansky Gazebo
Today we celebrate a Canadian conservationist and author. We'll also learn about a pioneering Belgian-American gardener, poet, and novelist. We hear an excerpt…
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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
Today we celebrate the woman who was the life partner of American writer Gertrude Stein - and we'll hear all about their wonderful garden at Bilignin. We'll…
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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
Today we celebrate the botanical pastimes of two young women in Oklahoma back in 1850. We'll also learn about a female botanical pioneer who specialized in…
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April 28, 2021 Plants for Hummingbirds, William Darlington, Frances Bickelhaupt, Wanting Spring, Letters from Yellowstone by Diane Smith, and the State Flower of Alaska
Today we celebrate a Quaker son of Pennsylvania who accomplished so much during his lifetime and left a legacy of botanical information for future generations…
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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
Today we celebrate a 20th-Century Landscape Architect who focused on his client's desires and needs. This effort to personalize his work made him incredibly…
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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
Today we celebrate a man who is remembered for his contributions to art and ornithology. We'll also learn about a socialite, gardener, and garden designer…
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April 23, 2021 Isabel Bannerman on Scented Plants, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Simple Flowers, Kitchen Garden Revival by Nicole Johnsey Burke, and English Bluebells for St. George
Today we celebrate the birthday of the greatest playwright who ever lived - and he incorporated over 200 seeds, flowers, fruits, herbs, grasses, and trees into…
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April 22, 2021 Plants and People of Vanuatu, J Sterling Morton, August Wilhelm Eichler, Spring Gratitude, Kitchen Garden Cookbook by Jeanne Kelley, and the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden
Today we celebrate the man who conceived of a new holiday that became Arbor Day. We'll also learn about the man who developed the first classification system…
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April 21, 2021 Seven Top Indoor Herbs, John Muir, Benjamin Maund, Spring in Paris, Kinship of Clover by Ellen Meeropol, and Frances Perry on Ferns
Today we celebrate a man who found all the answers to life in nature, and we still learn from his profound observations today. We'll also learn about a…
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April 20, 2021 Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, Charles Plumier, William Bartram, George MacDonald on April, Ken Druse's New York City Gardener by Ken Druse and Peter Barr
Today we celebrate the botanist who named the fuchsia plant. We'll also learn about the first American to become a full-time naturalist. We'll hear some…
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April 19, 2021 Six Amazing Garden Recipes, Adrian Hardy Haworth, Lucy Braun, Jen Calonita, Just Add Water by Cynthia Gaylin Bigony, and National Garlic Day
Today we celebrate a botanist remembered with the Haworthia ("how-wurth-EE-ah") genus. We'll also learn about a botanist who spent 25 years researching the…
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April 16, 2021 Robbie Hart in the Himalayas, Ellen "Nelly" Thayer Fisher, Sir Edward James Salisbury, Amy Seidl on spring, Japanese Garden Design by Marc Peter Keane, and National Orchid Day
Today we celebrate a botanical artist who learned to paint from her famous younger brother. We'll also learn about a botanist who was fascinated with seed…
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April 15, 2021 Propagating Your Favorite Herbs, Elisabeth Christina von Linné, Francis Hallé, Christina Rossetti, A Wilder Life by Celestine Maddy, and Alexander Garden
Today we celebrate a Swedish botanist with a famous father who observed flashes of light emitting from her nasturtiums. We'll also learn about a modern-day…
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April 14, 2021 Austin Trees After the Freeze, Helene Cramer, Henry Walter Bates, Ernest Hemingway, James Sowerby by Paul Henderson, and Jim Zampini
Today we celebrate a German landscape and flower painter who was forbidden to paint by her father. We'll also learn about a self-taught botanist who spent…
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April 13, 2021 The Arts and Crafts Movement, Eudora Welty, Mary Strong Clemens, The Rush of Spring, Imperial Nature by Jim Endersby, and International Plant Appreciation Day
Today we celebrate a writer and avid gardener who, as an adult, gardened beside her mother for decades. We'll also learn about a botanist and prolific plant…
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April 12, 2021 North-Facing Garden Ideas, Zina Pitcher, Thomas Nuttal, Willis Linn Jepson, Edith Pargeter, Hydrangeas by Naomi Slade and National Licorice Day
Today we celebrate the American doctor and amateur botanist who left a legacy in Michigan. We'll also learn about the first botanist to explore Michigan. We'll…
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April 9, 2021 Derek Jarman on Gardening, Joseph Trimble Rothrock, Phoebe Lankester, E. J. Scovell, How to Houseplant by Heather Rodino, and Sidewalk Chalk Tree Labels
Today we celebrate a botanist remembered as the Father of Forestry. We'll also learn about a 19th-century female garden writer who loved wildflowers. We'll…
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April 8, 2021 Ten Quick Spring Garden Chores, John Claudius London, Mary Pickford, Lilja Roger's Crocus Poem, Heaven is a Garden by Jan Johnsen and the Betty Ford Alpine Garden
Today we celebrate one of the most prolific garden writers of the 1800s. We'll also learn about a Hollywood legend who ate roses... We hear an adorable poem…
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April 7, 2021 Styling a Botanical Bookshelf, Michel Adanson, David Fairchild, William Wordsworth, Heal Thyself by Benjamin Woolley, and the Power of a Sunny Spring Day
Today we celebrate a botanist who is honored by the genus for the spectacular Baobab tree. We'll recognize the man who became a globetrotting botanist and even…
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April 6, 2021 The 'Plant for Peace, Johann Zinn, California Poppy Day, North With the Spring, Happy Orchid by Sara Rittershausen, and the Florida botanist Alvan Chapman
Today we celebrate the man who is remembered with the much-loved Zinnia We'll also learn about the California Poppy and California Poppy Day, which is…
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April 5, 2021 Cottage Garden Ideas, Matthias Schleiden, Zina Pitcher, Lilies of the Valley Fabergé egg, Edward Giobbi, Happy Bonsai by Micheal Tran, and Anne Scott-James
Today we celebrate the botanist who discovered cells in plants and helped to establish cell theory. We'll also learn about an amateur botanist who had a…
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March 26, 2021 Stream These Awesome Garden Shows, Lady Luxborough, William Woodville, The Sower, George Washington Carver by Christina Vella, and Robert Frost
Today we celebrate a woman who was outcast and imprisoned in her own home and so she became a gardener. We'll also learn about a man who wrote one of the most…
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March 25, 2021 Top 10 Botanical Discoveries During Covid, Nehemiah Grew, Adolf Engler, Mary Gladys Webb, Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants and Trees by Ernst Lehner and Johanna Lehner, and Violets
Today we celebrate the man remembered as the Father of Plant Anatomy. We'll also learn about a man who developed his own system fr classifying plant families…
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March 24, 2021 A Fantastic Native Plant Resource, Mark Catesby, Aven Nelson, Bloodroot, Gardens in the Spirit of Place by Page Dickey, and Humphry Repton
Today we celebrate a remarkable English naturalist and artist. We'll also learn about the man known as the Rocky Mountain botanist. We hear a journal entry…
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March 23, 2021 Plant-Shaking Trend, John Bartram, Arabella Elizabeth Roupell, The Tree Poem, Gardening When It Counts by Steve Solomon, and National Chia Day
Today we celebrate one of American's earliest botanists. We'll also learn about a fantastic English flower painter who was mentored by Nathaniel Wallich after…
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March 22, 2021 Cemetery White Iris, Henry David Thoreau, Christine Buisman, Thomas Carew, Garden Time by W.S. Merwin, and America's First Horticultural Society
Today we celebrate a journal entry about spring and sap and microclimates. We'll also learn about a young Dutch botanist who determined the cause of Dutch Elm…
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March 19, 2021 Hunting Century Oaks for Notre Dame, Stella Ross-Craig, Charles Joseph Sauriol, The Art of Outdoor Living, Garden Secrets of Bunny Mellon by Linda Holden, and The Plant Messiah
Today we celebrate one of the best British scientific botanical artists of the 20th century. We'll also learn about a Canadian naturalist who was battling a…
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March 18, 2021 The Chrysanthemum Comeback, Johnny Appleseed, Percy Thrower, The Left Hand of Nature, Garden Design Workbook by John Brookes, Harriet Barnes Pratt and Gardens on Parade
Today we celebrate the birthday of a man many of us have heard about, but the details of his life story are even more compelling than the legend that is part…
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March 17, 2021 How to Decorate for Spring, William Withering, Penelope Lively, Ernst Dieffenbach, Garden Design Review by Ralf Knoflach and Robert Schäfer, and Arthur's Shurcliff's Revival Garden Design
Today we celebrate a man who revealed the medicinal properties of Digitalis or Foxglove. We'll also learn about an English author and gardener who wrote about…
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March 16, 2021 Rewilding Your Land, Anna Atkins, Martinus Beijerinck ("By-a-rink"), Constance Spry during WWII, Garden Design Master Class by Carl Dellatore, and the Legend of the Trailing Arbutus
Today we celebrate a woman who made botanical art through her pioneering photography. We'll also learn about a man who discovered something new and gave it a…
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March 15, 2021 The Rule of 3 For Pollinator Plants, Archibald Menzies, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Roy Lancaster Remembers a Snow Gum Tree, Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway, and the Indiana State Flower
Today we celebrate the man who introduced Europe to the Piggyback Plant - it's now a popular houseplant. We'll also learn about the man who was an early…
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March 12, 2021 National Plant-a-Flower Day, Francesco Franceschi, Nancy Goodwin, Allen Lacy, the Three-Tulip House, Forest by Matt Collins and the Kansas State Flower: the Sunflower
Today we celebrate a man remembered for bringing a ton of new and exciting plant species to California and his profound impact on Santa Barbara in particular…
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March 11, 2021 Sarah Raven's Tip for Growing Herbs, Pierre Turpin, Jean White-Haney, Delphinium Secrets, Food Grown Right In Your Backyard by Colin McCrate and Brad Halm, and Montrose's Priceless Tree
Today we celebrate a botanical illustrator who is remembered as one of the greats from the 17th century. We'll also learn about a woman who battled the Prickly…
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March 9, 2021 See America's Top Spring Gardens, Karl Foerster, Vita Sackville-West, Gardener's Latin, Flower Confidential by Amy Stewart and Berton Braley's Botany Poem
Today we celebrate an East German Nurseryman and plant breeder who is remembered in the name Feather Reed Grass. We'll also learn about an exceptional English…
The Daily GardenerMarch 8, 2021 Build an Affordable Grow Light System, André Michaux, William Roscoe, Getting Wisteria to Bloom, Floral Libations by Cassie Winslow, and Charlotte Wheeler-Cuffe
Today we celebrate a French botanist and explorer who became an accomplished botanist after losing his wife. We'll also learn about the man remembered in the…
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March 5, 2021 What to Plant in March, Anna Scripps Whitcomb, Idabelle Firestone, A March Garden Diary, Floral Cocktails by Lottie Muir, and Flowers for the Country Border
Today we celebrate the woman who donated her entire orchid collection to begin the Belle Isle Conservatory. We'll also learn about a woman who Burpee honored…
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March 4, 2021 Five Perennial Herbs You Should Grow, Henry Frederick Conrad Sander, Luther Burbank's Arbor Day, the Final days of a Gardener, Flora Japonica by Masumi Yamanaka and Order Gladiolus and Dahlias Now
Today we celebrate a man who wrote the book on growing and selling orchids. We'll also learn about a very special Arbor Day to honor Luther Burbank. We hear a…
The Daily GardenerMarch 3, 2021 Planning a Productive Veg Garden, Matthias de L'Obel, Alexander Graham Bell, Katie Vaz on Rhubarb, Find Your Mantra by Aysel Gunar, and the birth flower for March.
Today we celebrate the man who is remembered in one of the garden's sweetest summer annuals - the lobelia. We'll also learn about the man who invented the…
The Daily GardenerMarch 2, 2021 Gardens Matter to Pollinators, Joel Roberts Poinsett, John Jacob Mauerer, A Spring Flower Show, Fermented Vegetables by Kirsten and Christopher Shockey and the State Flower of Idaho
Today we celebrate the man who went to Mexico as an ambassador and sent back the plant that became synonymous with Christmas. We'll also learn about a gardener…
The Daily GardenerMarch 1, 2021 Thirty Irresistible Plants for Butterflies, Catharina Dörrien, Lenore Mulets, Alice and Forsythia, Fearless Gardening by Loree Bohl, and a Little Rose History with Fun Facts
Today we celebrate the first woman to describe Fungi ("funj-eye") using the Linnaean system of classification. We'll also learn about a little-known prolific…
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February 26, 2021 How to use More Foliage in the Garden, Anna Eliza Reed Woodcock, Alfred D. Robinson, The Tussie-Mussie, Fantastic Fungi by Paul Stamets, and a Botanical Dream for Balboa Park
Today we celebrate a charming woman who became known as the Apple Blossom Lady. We'll also learn about the man who raised the best begonias in the world back…