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.
Jan 31, 2020
Today we celebrate the man who found a splendid crabapple
growing in his nursery and the anniversary of a society that
celebrates the flower of the rainbow,
We'll learn about the “Grand Lady of Canadian Horticulture" and a
Colorado State botanist who fought to protect the Columbine.
Today’s Unearthed Words, we hear...
Jan 30, 2020
Today we celebrate the botanical illustrator who was wrongfully
fired from his first job and the French botanist who spent a month
in California with a boatful of Russians.
We'll learn about the botanical name of the city where people leave
their hearts, and we’ll fall in love with a classic garden writer
from...
Jan 29, 2020
Today we celebrate the German-American botanist who saved the
French wine industry and the very first Iris-breeder who urged
other hybridizers to “be bold.”
We'll learn about the woman who sparked significant legislative
change after birds and insects were killed in her garden and the
man who fought to protect...
Jan 28, 2020
Today we celebrate an eighteenth-century man who was a friend of
many famous gardeners.
And, the Danish surgeon associated with many wonderful plants from
the Himalayas.
We'll learn about the Swedish botanist who had a thing for algae
and the man who started the only arboretum between the Mississippi
River and the Rocky...
Jan 27, 2020
Today we celebrate the King whose dream castle incorporated
1,200 varieties of tulips and the man who is regarded as the
greatest channeler of the English rural landscape.
We'll learn about the mathematician who wrote a book inspired by
the Oxford Botanic Garden and the relatively young Botanic Garden
that was started...