EMILY DICKINSON POETRY OF FLOWERS
EMILY DICKINSON' S GARDEN -- THE POETRY OF FLOWERS Join Michael Saint of The Native Plant Institute as we take a step back into time and explore the diverse flowers, trees, and shrubs of Emily Dickinson's world. During her lifetime, Emily Dickinson (1830--1886) was famous for her love of the garden -- not her poems. Consequently, plants and flowers significantly influenced her poetry. Many of Dickinson's poems and letters mentioned wildflowers, native plants, and traditional herbaceous garden plants. Her gardens included fruit trees, vegetables, and masses of colorful annuals and perennials. Dickinson was fond of fragrant flowers (roses, hyacinth, jasmine, gardenias). We will examine the components of her garden, i.e.: fragrance, color, texture, etc. citing examples to show how to incorporate some of her sense of being and beloved plants in your own Emily Dickinson garden. Michael Saint is an advanced master gardener, seasoned lecturer, landscape designer. He is an advocate of the importance of native plants. His native plant class has been published internationally through the DailyOm network.
EMILY DICKINSON' S GARDEN -- THE POETRY OF FLOWERS Join Michael Saint of The Native Plant Institute as we take a step back into time and explore the diverse flowers, trees, and shrubs of Emily Dickinson's world. During her lifetime, Emily Dickinson (1830--1886) was famous for her love of the garden -- not her poems. Consequently, plants and flowers significantly influenced her poetry. Many of Dickinson's poems and letters mentioned wildflowers, native plants, and traditional herbaceous garden plants. Her gardens included fruit trees, vegetables, and masses of colorful annuals and perennials. Dickinson was fond of fragrant flowers (roses, hyacinth, jasmine, gardenias). We will examine the components of her garden, i.e.: fragrance, color, texture, etc. citing examples to show how to incorporate some of her sense of being and beloved plants in your own Emily Dickinson garden. Michael Saint is an advanced master gardener, seasoned lecturer, landscape designer. He is an advocate of the importance of native plants. His native plant class has been published internationally through the DailyOm network.