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Gardening stories with Diarmuid Gavin

Gardening stories with Diarmuid Gavin

The Pat Kenny Show vor 7 Monaten

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Bernard McMahon occupies a quiet but pivotal position in the
formation of American horticulture. Born in Ireland around 1775,
he was part of a generation shaped by political unrest,
agricultural hardship and limited opportunity. Like
many educated and ambitious young Irishmen of the period, he
looked west. When he arrived in Philadelphia in the mid-1790s,
the United States was still an experiment, politically fragile,
culturally uncertain and botanically dependent on
Europe. Gardening in the early republic was largely
an act of imitation. Estates, town gardens and
productive plots alike leaned heavily on English precedent.
Imported seeds dominated the market, and success was measured by
how closely a garden resembled those left behind.

Diarmuid Gavin, Award Winning Garden designer joined
Pat Kenny on the show to discuss.