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dave
Jacksonville, TX
(Zone 8a)
 July 13, 2009
05:50 AM Post #6813075
| There are a total of 251 votes:
| All of it! I love trivia.
(77 votes, 30%) |  |
| I enjoy seeing what plants and trees various governments have chosen for their official emblems.
(3 votes, 1%) | |
| I like reading about the unusual weather events. (like giant snowflakes 15
(4 votes, 1%) | |
| The observations and records of the world explorers are facinating.
(10 votes, 3%) | |
| I like the links to PlantFiles for the various plants.
(14 votes, 5%) | |
| I think there are too many birth/death notices for botanists and rarely read it.
(54 votes, 21%) | |
| I did not know we have a Garden History feature.
(89 votes, 35%) | |
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Previous Polls |
Kathleen
Panama, NY
(Zone 5a)
July 13, 2009
06:26 AM Post #6813127
| My head is full of like facts and fancies - never a bad thing to be adding more. |
gardenhousefun
london
United Kingdom
July 13, 2009
07:12 AM Post #6813181
| i think positive |
Hemophobic
Kannapolis, NC
July 13, 2009
07:56 AM Post #6813268
| My mind is filled with trivia, no room for important stuff! |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
July 13, 2009
08:25 AM Post #6813331
| I didn't know there was such a thing. Where is it? |
pajonica
Tone-machi
Japan
(Zone 9a)
July 13, 2009
10:18 AM Post #6813698
| Ditto cececoogan. Sounds interesting though. |
Petalpants
Corpus Christi, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 13, 2009
10:53 AM Post #6813842
| Cece & Paj, the History thingie is right underneath the Article thingie, on Dave's Home page; it's on the right side. =) |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
July 13, 2009
10:55 AM Post #6813856
| thanx I'll look for it. |
Tallulah_B
(Susan) Calgary, AB
(Zone 3b)
July 13, 2009
11:15 AM Post #6813953
| I guess I'd better look for it, too... |
Tallulah_B
(Susan) Calgary, AB
(Zone 3b)
July 13, 2009
11:17 AM Post #6813957
| o my goodness - I just realized - I've been reading them everyday, and never thought about the name - just really enjoyed it lol
Mind you, it goes in one brain cell, then out the other LOL |
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
July 13, 2009
11:23 AM Post #6813981
| We also have a Garden History Forum for you to discuss the various events and to suggest new ones to be added: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/trivia/all/
We'd love to hear from you...and if you know any tidbits, let Terry or myself know and we'll get them put on their proper dates. |
roybird
Santa Fe, NM
July 13, 2009
01:13 PM Post #6814493
| I voted for the giant snowflakes! |
pajonica
Tone-machi
Japan
(Zone 9a)
July 13, 2009
01:18 PM Post #6814513
| With the temp here today at 95 I'd love some giant snowflakes right now! |
tabasco
Cincinnati (Anderson, OH
(Zone 6a)
July 13, 2009
02:54 PM Post #6814855
|
I love the garden history and the story of the botanists and plant explorers. It puts all of my day to day gardening into perspective.
I love it when I see a plant in the garden and know a little bit about its history (thanks to the DG Garden History blurb). |
Beach_Barbie
Kure Beach, NC
(Zone 9a)
July 13, 2009
04:26 PM Post #6815207
| I've been a member here for several years, maybe I should explore it more...;)
This is another feature i didn't know about!
Barb |
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
July 13, 2009
04:35 PM Post #6815245
| Heh, heh,...Dave is full of surprises isn't he?
If anyone knows of a Garden History event, please let us know, and we'll get it included. I added one just today...seems Nevada is getting an official State Insect this October! |
roybird
Santa Fe, NM
July 13, 2009
04:57 PM Post #6815323
| Pajonica, we're at 95 today, too. Might have influenced my vote! |
pajonica
Tone-machi
Japan
(Zone 9a)
July 13, 2009
05:46 PM Post #6815547
| Yea the 15" x 8" would go nice in a beer. lol |
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
July 13, 2009
05:51 PM Post #6815574
| I TOTALLY LUV the garden history items!!!! Thanks Dave and Admin for this great feature! |
pajaritomt
Los Alamos, NM
(Zone 5a)
July 13, 2009
09:42 PM Post #6816395
| I chose the explorers one, but the 15 inch snowflake was pretty good, too. I have a problem with celebrating the death of anyone. Although the ones who died young while exploring are definitely telling. Couldn't we celebrate their births instead of their deaths? I think the garden history is a lot more interesting than advertising which is what would probably go in its place. I do check it out each week to see what is there. |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
July 13, 2009
10:24 PM Post #6816564
| I think its all about how you think about death. Circle of life and all. I'm from a family that does celebrate death because it is a re-birth into another realm...personally speaking that is... |
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
July 13, 2009
10:30 PM Post #6816587
| Good point cececoogan. After all one day we all will go there... |
pajaritomt
Los Alamos, NM
(Zone 5a)
July 13, 2009
10:35 PM Post #6816622
| True we all go there, but I would prefer that they survive. Oh, I know that's silly and impractical but that is the way it is for me. |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
July 13, 2009
11:23 PM Post #6816880
| okay... |
DesertPirate
Vista, CA
(Zone 10b)
July 14, 2009
01:51 PM Post #6818686
| "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die!!" quoted from a tent revival preacher when I was about 10 years old.
I love the historical trivia. Gives me insight into just how important the work of current botanists and horitculturists is. Hopefully their work will be as important as their predecessors.
Also gives me reason to celebrate their accomplishments as I try keeping my little corner of the world colorful. |
Emma75
Deland, FL
July 14, 2009
03:05 PM Post #6818966
| I voted for the world explorers one, but...yes, there's a but...I do think there are too many births and deaths thrown in. I do skim those, but really only read the other types. I actually do like all of the topics, but prefer the overall info better on the days there isn't much of an obituary section. |
cue_chik
Palm Coast, FL
(Zone 9a)
July 14, 2009
09:11 PM Post #6820355
| I like the little history tidbits.. not fond of all the birth and death dates, would be fine if they were omitted and replaced with just the accomplishments, discoveries and breakthroughs of certain botanists instead... |
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
July 14, 2009
10:26 PM Post #6820738
| We wanted something posted for every day, and unfortunately, there were more records of the births/deaths than the other items that we found.
Hopefully, as we add to the feature over the years, we'll have more of the 'fun' items like the giant snowflakes. We're still adding to it and still looking for items, so don't hesitate to put a bug in our ear if you know of something we should include. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
July 15, 2009
02:03 AM Post #6821361
| My mind is a fountain of useless and near useless facts and tidbits...this is a candy store for the trivia buff..Grin |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
July 15, 2009
06:21 AM Post #6821495
| I found it. amazing that its been there all this time and I've always just scrolled right past it. But that is me for ya |
wayfarers
Washington, DC
(Zone 6b)
July 15, 2009
08:20 AM Post #6821737
| Celebrating birthdays is a great opportunity to list an individuals accomplishments, discoveries and the date of their death. It just seams redundant to list both birthdays and death notices separately. Some deaths mark the beginning or the end of an era and are relevant, but again all that could be included in one post. |
zonkel
Florence, MS
(Zone 7b)
July 15, 2009
10:11 AM Post #6822045
| Having worked in Ecuador, South America trying to identify tropical tree species while in Peace Corps, I can really respect the work of the early botanists!!! What a fascinating world we live in with an incredible biota! Plus it is a hoot to read about some of those explorations. Keep it coming! |
LindaCA
Concord, CA
(Zone 9a)
July 15, 2009
10:51 AM Post #6822217
| I enjoy reading all the trivia. Now if I could only remember a small portion of it I would be doing good.lol |
irisMA
South Hamilton, MA
July 15, 2009
02:23 PM Post #6823188
| I am more interested in the details of accomplishments than birth-death trivia. |
DesertPirate
Vista, CA
(Zone 10b)
July 15, 2009
03:31 PM Post #6823431
| It seems to me, the birth/death thing just opens the opportunity to honor whomever it is on that day. That seems perfectly appropriate to me. We do it all the time with Presidents, and other dignitaries. Why not with esteemed Botanists? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
July 15, 2009
03:41 PM Post #6823457
| Sadly, nothing lives forever...except maybe crabgrass and the accomplishments of a few dedicated plant explorers.
Reading about some of the early botanical expeditions is very interesting, but a bit sad when the footnote says: this expedition was never heard from again and their whereabouts remains a mystery. |
cando1
Ozone, AR
(Zone 6a)
July 15, 2009
04:17 PM Post #6823572
| Being a history buff and a trivia buff,can't beleive i've just skimmed by this info.
I like dates because it's fun to relate history with different subjects...Ben Franklin-American Revolution-American plants.etc |
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
July 15, 2009
10:02 PM Post #6824842
| REQUEST FOR RALLY TO ALL!!! Melody quote: "there were more records of the births/deaths than the other items that we found". I think that If we see a current event like a new state bug (just happened! Cool!) or know of a historical garden or info on the history of plants or events in our areas/states/provinces/countrys I think we need to post these things on the Garden History Forum. Sometimes we think local things aren't of interest to others but I believe this is not the case on an international forum. I think this is a REALLY tough feature for Dave and Admin to tackle and maintain. There is alot more biography rather than botany records out there sigh as Melody says. LET'S ALL HELP 
edit: it took two edits for me to translate this into english from dahlianut. I edited out a few 'fabbys' and a 'beautious'.Sorry to all friends about my horrible habit of speaking dahlianut (blush).
This message was edited Jul 15, 2009 8:04 PM
This message was edited Jul 15, 2009 8:21 PM |
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
July 15, 2009
10:12 PM Post #6824901
| Hey, we've even got the date for the first Tater Day on the schedule...tell me that isn't as local as it gets. (my home county)
So if you have an apple festival, blackberry week, or crown a rutabaga queen...we'd like to know about it. Just do a little research and tell us when the first one was...and if you have a website, a link, so we can jazz it up a bit. |
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
July 15, 2009
10:25 PM Post #6824958
| Brilliant Melody as usual. Fruit, vegetable or flower festivals and their history!. We have a Lilac Festival which I think goes back to days when there were trials. I will research and post. There is a Giant Pumpkin Contest on the East Coast that has been going on for years! Yoo hoo NE buds!!! |
gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 15, 2009
10:46 PM Post #6825080
| I would love to hear about flower festivals and their history. Then it is one more 'want to do' in my lifetime...
Wouldn't it be great if we all knew what the horticultural events taking place in all states were. Then we could pick and choose what we wanted to attend the next year. |
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
July 15, 2009
11:01 PM Post #6825135
| Gessiegail perhaps the Texas Horticultural Society might know? I couldn't find a website for them but I'm techy challenged so you should try. |
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
July 15, 2009
11:05 PM Post #6825150
| O just to let Dave and Admin know that I will be bombarding them with Cowtown/AB and CA (Canada has the same code as California, how funky weird is that?) historical stuff |
cando1
Ozone, AR
(Zone 6a)
July 16, 2009
02:48 AM Post #6825577
| This sounds like fun. I'll try to particapate.
Vickie |
gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 16, 2009
09:07 AM Post #6825988
| Thanks for the tip. A friend and I love to visit nurseries or anywhere we can buy plants. We are planning a September trip and will really have to do some research on where to find the best plants. |
Terry
Murfreesboro, TN
(Zone 7a)
July 16, 2009
09:15 AM Post #6826010
| One small cautionary note: Since Gardening History is date-driven, we need to be able to pinpoint a particular date for an event or location.
Most preferable is the anniversary of the first/inaugural event, opening or dedication ceremonies of the park or garden was opened. The dates aren't always readily available, but if it's something near to you (or near and dear to your heart), you may be able to track down the group responsible for maintaining the records, and wheedle information out of them.
An few targeted emails were how we got the dates of the first Master Gardener class, the first U.S. garden club meeting, and the first Philadelphia Flower Show.
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ptooming
Titusville, FL
(Zone 9a)
July 17, 2009
12:59 AM Post #6829572
| Heres one swamp cabbage festival.
http://oldmanriggs.com/swampcab.html
This is not the official website but it has a link to the Official one, and lots of other stiff like how to make swamp cabbage. when it started Ect... |
zonkel
Florence, MS
(Zone 7b)
July 17, 2009
08:57 AM Post #6830118
| I just found out that the pomegranates I bought at an Miss. State Univ. Experiment Station truck garden festival are progeny of those smuggled in from Turkmenistan by a Russian botanist. This fascinating tale of the botanist is in the short book at:
http://books.google.com/books?id=_G59NFbNpREC&printsec=front...
It is so much more fun to know the history of plants! So much food, medicine, textiles like rayon in clothing and so many things we use come from plants!
Susan |
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
July 17, 2009
09:07 AM Post #6830141
| The Swamp Cabbage Festival is added and will appear next Feb. It sounds a lot like our Tater Day, but unfortunately (or fortunately) we have no armadillos to race up here in KY.
I'll see if I can come up with something for the pomegranates...(got to be able to link to a specific day and date) |
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
July 17, 2009
11:33 AM Post #6830727
| The pomegranate story is wonderful!
I'll try to find a way to incorporate it. (I need the book for my library, as I love these types of stories and the writer has a wonderful way of putting their thoughts on paper) |
zonkel
Florence, MS
(Zone 7b)
July 17, 2009
12:47 PM Post #6831022
| Yes, and I am excited that I have four of his plants. Now if I can just get the cuttings to root better so I can share them... |
MaryE
Baker City, OR
(Zone 5b)
July 17, 2009
01:27 PM Post #6831161
| I see that many others think there are too many death notices for famous botanists. 3 in today's column. Maybe the emphasis could be switched to birth dates instead, which would be a more positive approach. |
LindaCA
Concord, CA
(Zone 9a)
July 17, 2009
03:14 PM Post #6831497
| I just read the article about Isabella Stewart Gardner on todays garden history and I loved it. |
Emma75
Deland, FL
July 17, 2009
10:31 PM Post #6833084
| As one of the voters who felt there are way too many birth and death notices, I like MaryE's idea of switching to birth notices only. Granted, I understand now that it may take time, and a major collaborative effort by DGers, before there are enough dates on file to whittle it down to one or the other.
Many kudos to DG for being interested in all of our opinions on how this portion of the site is run, while also getting a lot of exposure to it at the same time for all those who never knew...brilliant!!!!! |
ardesia
Saint Helena Island, SC
(Zone 9a)
July 18, 2009
06:24 AM Post #6833832
| At least 20 years ago or more I came across a tidbit of info on the introduction of bamboo into America in TwinLeaf, a publication out of Monticello. It dealt with someone in Philadelphia, probably Ben Franklin, receiving a basket of fruit from afar. When the fruit was consumed the basket was tossed into the lot beside the home - where all household garbage was tossed in those days. Sometime later it was discovered by a guest to the home (Thomas Jefferson maybe) that the basket had "sprouted". I wish I could remember the particulars but the gray cells are fleeing fast these days.
I could not find the exact article about the bamboo but I did come across this site with some other historical data:
http://www.twinleaf.org/articles/index.html
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