Nov 30, 2020
Today we celebrate an herbalist who kept a remarkable
journal.
We'll also learn about the German botanist who founded the study of
algae.
We’ll review the charming words of an American writer and poet born
today.
We Grow That Garden Library™ with a helpful guide for trees,
shrubs, and hedges.
And then we’ll wrap...
Nov 27, 2020
Today we celebrate a one of a kind American plantsman and
breeder who gave us the red-fleshed Pink Pearl apple.
We'll also learn about the German nurseryman and breeder who we
know from a ubiquitous feather-reed grass.
We’ll hear some lovely botanical poems from a New England poet.
We Grow That Garden Library™ with...
Nov 26, 2020
Today we celebrate the man who proved plants have a circadian
rhythm.
We'll also learn about the nurseryman who helped establish
Rochester, New York, as a “City in a Forest.”
We’ll remember the pioneer seedsman who started the largest
mail-order seed company in the world.
We celebrate Thanksgiving with some verses...
Nov 25, 2020
Today we celebrate the clergyman who wrote hymns and poems that
use garden imagery.
We'll also learn about the man who loved gardens and garden design
- and he wasn’t afraid of Virginia Woolf… he was married to
her.
We’ll recognize a sculptor whose final work was a touching monument
to children incorporating a...
Nov 24, 2020
Today we celebrate a prolific writer who loved violets and wrote
about a secret garden.
We'll also learn about the best-selling book that hit bookstores
today back in 1859, and it changed the world forever.
We’ll look back at some timeless garden advice from 1966 courtesy
of the Arlington Heights Garden Club.
We’ll...