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.
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For the past week, I've been working on dividing plants.
Redesigning and refreshing my cottage garden.
Little by little.
Anyway, I potted up extras.
And set them on the curb with a "free" sign.
They wer...
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If you got plants from your kids this Mother's Day, here's a thought.
Don't plant them all at once with everyone together.
Plant them with one kid at a time.
I called it YAMA time.
You And Me Alone time...
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Mother's Day is this Sunday.
And if you're a gardener, you've probably had the experience of someone you love showing up with a plant you don't love.
It happens every year.
The intention is beautiful.
T...
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And here's something a little different to carry into the garden today.
A riddle from the nineteenth century:
"My first we all possess; my second we all should gain; my whole you'll surely ...
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All things are difficult before they're easy.
And I think about that every May.
Because right now, the garden is all effort.
You're hauling bags of soil. You're staking things. You're tidying up. You're...
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I ran across a little poem the other day by Thomas Edward Brown, who was born on the Isle of Man on this day in 1830.
This poem is what Thomas is remembered for.
It's called My Garden, and it opens with...
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Early May is a strange time in the garden.
Nothing announces itself.
A branch that was bare three days ago now has leaves the size of a squirrel's ear.
The groundcover that seemed nonexistent last week ...
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It's the last day of April.
And if you've been waiting for the right moment to tuck pansies into a pot or a border, this is it.
Pansies love a cool spring.
They want these exact mornings—bright but not ...
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It's the last day of April.
And if you've been waiting for the right moment to tuck pansies into a pot or a border, this is it.
Pansies love a cool spring. They want these exact mornings—bright but not ...
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April is nearly over.
And before it slips away, here are words from Sara Teasdale, from her collection Flame and Shadow:
How many million Aprils came before
I ever knew how white a cherry bough could be...
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Late April still has mornings that feel like waiting.
Cold soil. Bare patches. Nothing moving yet.
You stand at the edge of the bed with your coffee and think, not yet.
And then one afternoon, you step ...
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Late April has a particular kind of energy. It's messy. It's muddy. It's cold in the shade and warm in the sun.
We think to ourselves, "All that rain had better be delivering those May flowers."
After a...
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Late April has a way of making the world feel rehearsed. The light arrives on time. The buds keep their promises. Even the air sounds busy.
But gardens do not just bloom. They are built. They are revise...
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Look out the window.
Or better yet, look at your hands.
If there's soil under your fingernails today, you're in good company.
The garden is in its becoming.
Tulips holding their breath.
Hostas breaking ...
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April 22 carries a big, modern name.
Earth Day.
But in the garden, the earth doesn't show up as a slogan.
It shows up as weight.
As dampness on your fingertips.
As a scent you recognize before you can d...
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If you kneel by the peonies right now, you'll see it.
The new shoots are already pushing.
Red.
Glossy.
Tight as fists.
But last year's stems are still there.
Dry.
Hollow.
Attached more firmly than they ...
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There's an old saying that April is a promise May is bound to keep.
But in the garden, promises rarely look like fulfillment.
They look like mud on the hem.
Cold soil worked anyway.
Seeds pressed in wit...
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T.S. Eliot once wrote,
"April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain."
Gardeners have alwa...
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Mid-April has a way of pulling us outward.
The lists grow longer.
The light stretches later.
Everything feels like it's asking for something at once.
But today's stories start in smaller places.
With th...
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Mid-April carries a sense of momentum.
The month is already half gone.
The soil feels warmer now.
When you press your palm into it.
Daffodils nod without apology.
This is the part of the season that rew...
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