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Barbara Bush
"I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over."
Avid gardener, civil rights, and literacy advocate; Barbara Bush.
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| Barbara Bush in shorts with daughter Robin, exploring gardening and nature, 1953. |
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| Wells Estuarine Research Reserve - Wells, Maine on Earth Day ~ April 22nd, 2014 |
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| Walker's Point Kennebunkport, Maine with Hubby and Millie 1989 |
| Family nickname, "Ganny"~ Ganny's Garden |
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| Kennebunkport Conservation Trust (click picture) |
"At their Palisade Lane home in Washington D.C. when George entered Congress, she
planted, weeded, mowed, and mulched; often starting at 5 A.M. To the consternation of her neighbors, she sometimes mowed their
lawns if they weren't quick enough to suit her. When she reached the White House, she managed to restrain herself, leaving
it to Williams and his staff to care for the 18-acre President's Park...."
"'Barbara Bush' sells not because of its coral-pink color or disease-resistance but for
the perceived personality of the former first lady. Here's how its producer, Jackson & Perkins, the biggest U.S. rose-breeding
company, appeals to prospective buyers: "Her down-to-earth style, intelligence, and genuineness have won her the respect and
admiration of millions of Americans." And indeed, a rose bush undoubtedly has the quality of being 'down to earth.'"
From Slate: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/gardening/2006/06/who_smells_better_ron_or_nancy.html
"I chose literacy because I honestly
believe that if more people could read, write, and comprehend, we would be that much closer to solving so many of the problems
that plague our nation, and - our society."
Johnny "Appleseed" Chapman
"America's Nurseryman"
Johnny Appleseed - Biography Magazine
Encyclopedia Britannica
Thalassa Cruso
"One of the pleasures about being a gardener comes
from the enjoyment you get at looking at other people's gardens."
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| Thalassa was one of Johnny Carson's favorite guests. Nebraska and England match gardening wits. |
Described by The New York
Times as a “… witty and acerbic Englishwoman…” and an, “Every-gardener, a true amateur who
drew her advice from personal experience rather than formal horticultural training,” Thalassa Cruso, as you will see,
has more than the gift of gab. Her television show, "Making Things Grow" continues from time to time to be broadcasted
via PBS stations, especially in Boston.
"Supermarket/ 10 Cent Store: Growing Your Own Heirlooms" - "Making Things Grow"
"Starting from Scratch" - "Making Things Grow"
"Bonsai!" - "Making Things Grow"
Thalassa Cruso & Johnny Carson - Fern 1977 ("The Tonight Show")
Thalassa Cruso & Johnny Carson - Evergreen Trees ("The Tonight Show")
Thalassa Cruso & Johnny Carson - Azaleas ("The Tonight Show")
David Fairchild
"The need for a garden of rare palms and vines and ornamental trees
and shrubs which would be near enough to a growing city to form a quiet place where children with their elders could peer,
as it were, into those fascinating jungles and palm glades of the tropics which have for generations stimulated the imaginations
of American youth."
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| A termite nest at Gun Point, Eleuthera Island, The Bahamas (January 11, 1932). |
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| Tasting the fruit of an Antidesma Tree in Indonesia.in 1940 |
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| Planting Baobab Tree |
About David Fairchild
Fairfield Tropic Botanic Garden
"Americas First 'Food Spy' Traveled the World Hunting for Exotic Crops" - Smithsonian Magazine
Ron Finley
George Harrison
"I'm really quite simple.
I don't want to be in the business full time because I am a gardener. I plant flowers and watch them grow. I don't
go to clubs and partying. I stay a home and watch the river flow."
"On Gardening" - "Good Morning America" - ABC
Gardening Quiz - Just how big is your garden?
Ed Hume
Ed Hume's Website - Ed Hume's Seeds Company - Many Gardening Tips
Gertrude Jekyll
"A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience, and careful watchfulness.
It teaches industry and thrift. Above all it teaches entire trust."
Gertrude Jekyll - Jekyll Estate Website
Gertrude Jekyll at Godalming Museum
Lady Bird Johnson
"Though the word beautification makes the concept sound merely cosmetic, it involves
much more: clean water, clean air, clean roadsides, safe waste disposal and preservation of valued old landmarks as well as
great parks and wilderness areas. To me…beautification means our total concern for the physical and human quality we
pass on to our children and the future."
Lady Bird Johnson - Website
More Quotes
"Showcase for the Nation" - Conservation and Beautification - Film
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Lady Bird Johnson's Home Movies
Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor - Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library
Lady Bird - PBS
Lady Bird - First Ladies
Lady Bird Johnson National Park
Lady Bird Johnson Adopt-a-Garden program [Want to Trail Garden?] - The Trail Foundation
"Bill Names Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center as the States Botanical Garden and Arboretum" - The Daily Texan (2017)
Luci and Ian Family Garden at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Tom McNutt
PLANTS ARE LIKE PEOPLE Every
year when we put our gardens to bed and get ready for a new year, I think of all the similarities between plants and people.
Both respond to tender loving care. I wonder if plants make New Year’s Resolutions? I read somewhere that
each American makes 1.9 New Year’s Resolutions. If that is true around the world, think how many millions of people
resolve to improve! I wonder how many of those resolutions deal with losing weight, exercising more and smoking less.
We all want to be healthy, do things better and become better people. Plants would probably resolve to produce more
and help clean our environment.
 People depend on plants for nearly everything, including food, clothing and shelter. Plants, like people, need nurturing
to flourish. This nurturing requires attention, vision, respect, opportunities and protection. Nurturing plants
requires a good understanding of the nature and potential of different species and the purpose for which a plant is cultivated
– for flowers, foliage or fruit. This aspect of nurturing a garden reminds us of our need to nurture our own bodies
by means of good food, reasonable exercise, adequate water, proper rest, cleanliness, and fulfilling our own personal goals
and inner nature. We know we must weed out the influences in our lives that sap our energy and stunt our own growth.
We know we must supply new ideas, knowledge and creative stimulation, to fertilize our minds. We know we must prune
back excessive worries, unneeded products, and old habits so that we might renew ourselves and experience vital rebirth.
We see how a neglected plant withers and dies. As we become more skilled at nurturing plants, we begin to apply these
principles to our own bodies and minds. - Tom McNutt's Blog
Tom McNutt's Blog
Tom McNutt graduated with his bachelor and master degrees in agricultural education in 1955 and 1962, respectively. Originally
from Dunkirk, Ohio, Tom and his wife reside in Hilliard. He has worked in a few positions over the years, with his most recognizable
one being the garden expert on NBC4 each Saturday morning from 1989 to 2013.
"Remembering Tom McNutt"
Spotlight on Tom McNutt - The Ohio State University
Ynes Enriquetta Julietta Mexia
Born in United States of America's Capitol, Ynes MexiaMexican - American Plant Collector
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Michelle Obama
"Some kids have never seen what a real tomato looks like off the vine. They don't
know where a cucumber comes from. And that really affects the way they view food. So a garden helps them really
get their hands dirty, literally, and understand the whole process of where their food comes from. And I wanted
them to see just how challenging and how rewarding it is to grow your own food so that they would better understand what
our farmers are doing every single day across this country and have and appreciation for... that American tradition of growing
our food and feeding ourselves."
Gardening Guide - Let's Move - Obama White House Archives
Alice Waters about Michelle Obama
Jamie Oliver
Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart Official Website - Gardening Subsite
Alan Titchmarsh
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| Photographer: Jonathan Buckley |
You may know him as a talk show host, or BBC's Chelsea Flower
Show presenter, but Alan Titchmarsh is a full fledged gardener; and like most English, they take their gardening
seriously. Alan loves to roam Great Britain, discovering and presenting his nature findings. He has written
several books on gardening. What is unique about Alan's garden is, when Alan can't be home, his statue of Humphry Repton,
considered the last great English 1700's landscaper keeps watch over it. So through Repton homage, Alan Titchmarsh
is always, "garden home."
"Longstock Park - A Passion for Gardening"
Prince Charles of Wales - Charles Philip Arthur George
"The garden at Highgrove really does spring from my heart and, strange as it may
seem to some, creating it has been rather like a form of worship."
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| Tending to hedges at Highgrove House |
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| Pruning healthy hedges at Highgrove House |
Official Website of His Royal Highness, Prince Charles of Wales
"HIGHGROVE: THE WORLDS MOST STYLISH ORGANIC GARDEN" - Cotsworld Allure Magazine
"Seven Things Prince Charles says you Should do in the Garden"
Alice Waters
"It's a comfort to always find pasta in the cupboard and garlic and parsley in
the garden."
"I'm just convinced that having this understanding about food will change the way
we live in this world."
"Lets have a foraging conference and figure out what is being grown - here."
"Alice Waters: 40 Years Of Sustainable Food" Plus "Fresh Air" Interview - NPR
"Alice Waters and her Delicious Revolution" - Film - PBS
Delicious Revolution: An Evening with Alice Waters - Indianapolis, Indiana
The Edible Schoolyard Project
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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People depend on plants for nearly everything, including food, clothing and shelter. Plants, like people, need nurturing
to flourish. This nurturing requires attention, vision, respect, opportunities and protection. Nurturing plants
requires a good understanding of the nature and potential of different species and the purpose for which a plant is cultivated
– for flowers, foliage or fruit. This aspect of nurturing a garden reminds us of our need to nurture our own bodies
by means of good food, reasonable exercise, adequate water, proper rest, cleanliness, and fulfilling our own personal goals
and inner nature. We know we must weed out the influences in our lives that sap our energy and stunt our own growth.
We know we must supply new ideas, knowledge and creative stimulation, to fertilize our minds. We know we must prune
back excessive worries, unneeded products, and old habits so that we might renew ourselves and experience vital rebirth.
We see how a neglected plant withers and dies. As we become more skilled at nurturing plants, we begin to apply these
principles to our own bodies and minds. - Tom McNutt's Blog
