All posts tagged "gardening"
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13.2K6Arts and LeisureBeatrix Farrand Breaks the (Green) Glass Ceiling
Famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in 1893 dismissed 21-year-old Beatrix Farrand as a dilettante gardener, but six years later she had...
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5.7K10Flashback PhotosFlashback Photos: The School Garden Army Feeds a Hungry Nation During World War I
During World War I, hundreds of thousands of American children joined the U.S. School Garden Army and helped feed a hungry nation at...
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15.2K12Flashback PhotosHow Victory Gardens Helped Win World War II
Victory gardens helped win World War II because they allowed the U.S. government to divert scarce tin supplies for military use. They...
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5.9K4Arts and LeisureH.H. Hunnewell, Railroad Baron and Garden Nut
H.H. Hunnewell was a gardening nut who financed railroads and contributed so much to West Needham, Mass., that the town voted to...
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5.5K6Arts and LeisureCelia Thaxter at 58 Realizes What ‘Fun’ Is
Celia Thaxter celebrated her 58th birthday in 1893 at her cottage on the Isles of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire...
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6.9K3IrregularsThe Greening Apple’s Journey From Persia to Rhode Island
In the days before Granny Smith apples became Martha Stewart’s preferred fruit for pies and ice cream, the Rhode Island Greening ruled....
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