The Daily Gardener is a weekday show.
It will air every day Monday - Friday
(I’m taking weekends off for rest, family, fun, & gardening!)
The show will debut April 1, 2019. The tagline for the show is thoughts & brevities to inspire growth.
Shows are between 5 - 10 minutes in length.
The format for the show begins with a brief monologue followed by brevities.
The Brevities segment is made up of 5 main topic areas.
1. Commemoration: Here, I dig up fascinating people, places, and events in horticulture and share them with you. This is the “On This Day” #OTD portion of the show helping you feel more grounded and versed o n the most enchanting stories from the history of gardening.
2. Unearthing Written Work: This is made up of poems, quotes, journal entries, and other inspiring works pertaining to gardening
3. Book Recommendations: These are the literary treasures that will help you build a garden library, strengthen your gardening know-how and inspire you.
4. Garden Chores: A Daily Garden To-Do; improve your garden one actionable tip at a time
5. Something Sweet: This segment is dedicated to “reviving the little botanic spark” in your heart - to paraphrase botanist Alexander Garden; to add more joy to the pursuit of gardening.
The show sign-off is: "For a happy, healthy life: garden every day"
There are a few easter eggs in the show for Still Growing listeners. I still start the show with - "Hi there, everyone" and I end the show by saying the show is "produced in lovely, Maple Grove, Minnesota”.
The music for the show is called “The Daily Gardener Theme Song” originally dubbed “Bach’s Garden". I wrote it on Garageband. It will be available as a ringtone for your smartphone through the show’s Patreon page.
If you enjoy the show, please share it with your garden friends. I would so appreciate that.
Sep 30, 2021
Today in botanical history, we celebrate an old English poet, a
Mexican botanist, and a British gardener and survivalist who was
way ahead of his time.
We'll hear an excerpt from a beautiful Jack Gilbert poem
We Grow That Garden Library™ with a garden classic of our time from
a contemporary garden expert.
And then...
Sep 29, 2021
Today in botanical history, we celebrate an English novelist and
travel writer who loved the pleasure gardens he created at a
cemetery, an English writer and friend of Charlotte Bronte, and a
beloved and humorous garden author.
We'll hear an excerpt from Ali Smith's Autumn. It's
perfect for this time of year.
We Grow...
Sep 28, 2021
Today in botanical history, we celebrate an Irish physician and
botanist, an English poet and critic, and an African-American
poet.
We'll hear an excerpt from Elin Hilderbrand.
We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book that tells the story of
3,500 acres of land and its return to the wild.
And then we'll wrap things up...
Sep 27, 2021
Today in botanical history, we celebrate a Spanish botanist, a
Swiss poet and diarist, and an American industrialist.
We’ll hear an excerpt from a best-selling book where the main
character is a 12-year-old girl named September.
We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book that offers a year of
fantastic wild flower...
Sep 24, 2021
Today in botanical history, we celebrate a British Spy/American
Farmer, a social reformer and poet, and an American writer.
We’ll hear an excerpt from a book written by the beloved Canadian
writer Lucy Maud Montgomery.
We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about homestead life -
from growing great produce to...