Wanted: Information on the garden writer Alice T. A. Quackenbush. There seems to be very little information on her in the public domain. The info I do have from my own searches and …
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Pansies: Gift from the Garden Fairies
According to Alice T. A. Quackenbush, the pansies are a gift to us from the garden fairies. I did wonder about that and suspected that there might be a connection between them. I would guess they are …
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Welcome, Dandelions
Look closely to see the garden fairies disguised as dandelions I never realized when I ordered All in a Garden Fair by Alice T. A. Quackenbush (A. T. De Le Mare Company, Inc., 1925) that I would …
Round every flower there gleams a glory
"Round every flower there gleams a glory, Bequested by antique song or story; To each old legends give a name, And its peculiar charm proclaim." I will never think of dandelions in the same way now …
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“The Breath of the Garden”
Roses - the quintessential scented flower Why? Why do I read these old gardening books like "All in a Garden Fair" by Alice T. A. Quackenbush and "The Garden that I Love" by Alfred Austin? Why? …
Pixies in Tulips
I'm not sure how it happened. I was searching for information about gardening books and came across a reference to a book by Mrs. Alice T. A. Quackenbush. In the book's introduction, Helen Morgantheu …
