The fifth episode of Flowers & Folklore will be all about the daffodil!
Resources used for this episode:
Discovering the Folklore of Plants by Margaret Baker
The Language of Flowers by Odessa Begay
The Brief Life of Flowers by Fiona Stafford
Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life by Marta McDowell
Flower Fairies of the Spring by Cicely Mary Barker
Flowers Fairies of the Garden by Cicely Mary Barker
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/wild-daffodil
https://www.rhs.org.uk/garden-inspiration/plants-we-love/daffodils-art-myth-folklore
https://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/libraries-at-rhs/articles/sarah-backhouse-creator-of-first-pink-daffodil
Find Sarah online:
Have you heard some interesting folklore about daffodils? Please let me know! Leave a comment or email me on podcast@rookbotanics.com
More info and transcript on Sarah’s Substack - you must access this via your desktop and not your phone.
With love, lore and hope,
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