Podcast appearances and mentions of Enid A Haupt

Happy Valentine's Day That's it, we love you. The Super Bowl or The Commercials or The Halftime Show? DC makes Super Bowl champions, 4 players from the DC area are now Super Bowl Champions and DC-based Army Band, Pershing's Own presented the colors. Gwyneth Paltrow makes a cameo with her candle. We're Back! Emceeing DC Central Kitchen Capital Food Fight Save the date, April 7 the Capital Food Fight returns to the Anthem. Tickets are available now. Syncopated Ladies Come Home To #DC Washington Performing Arts: Presents the Syncopated Ladies LIVE on February 20 at the Lincoln Theatre. Co-founder Chloe Arnold joins us. The Syncopated Ladies are viral tap-dancing stars who have worked with the likes of Beyonce, appeared on So You Think You Can Dance and the Kelly Clarkson Show, and garnered over 100,000,000 views online. 120 women in STEM coming to DC, and they're orange and 3D-printed. (From Washingtonian) “Visitors can find the statues in the Arts and Industries Building, the Smithsonian Castle, and the Enid A. Haupt Garden during opening weekend March 5-6. Then some of the figures will be moved to other Smithsonian spots around the National Mall, where they will stay on display until March 27. Each statue will have its own QR code linking to information about the woman who is depicted.” Sample Sale 22 Brings Deals, Drinks + Fun Time to go shopping on February 19 at the Darcy Hotel, over 10,000 items are available for $22 items each. Links: https://capitalfoodfight.org/ www.samplesale22.com.

Rick Greene, MD, and Michael D’Angelica, MD discuss the relationship between hepatic parenchymal disease and recurrence after colorectal liver metastases resection, which has not been well defined. Dr. D’Angelica is author of, “Prediction of Recurrence Patterns from Hepatic Parenchymal Disease After Resection of Colorectal Liver Metastases.” Dr. D’Angelica holds the Enid A. Haupt Chair in Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and is Professor of Surgery at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York.

If you're feeling a little glum about the end of the gardening season, here are a few activities that can help you rebalance: First, support your local farmers by shopping at a local farm stand. Often the growers will have insights on plants and practices that are applicable to your own garden. Get inspired by seeing some of the different varieties of apples, gourds, zucchinis, pumpkins, and other vegetables.  Second, refresh your mulch supply. Top dressing before winter feels as good now as it does in the Spring. Your beds will benefit from the extra layer of protection and you will feel a boost from the beauty of cleaned beds.     Brevities #OTD Today is the anniversary of the death of the German botanist Valerius Cordus who died on this day in 1544. Cordus was the author of one of the most influential herbals in history. In fact, centuries later, the botanist Thomas ArchibaldSprague re-published "The Herbal of Valerius Cordus" with his older sister who he considered to be the best botanist in the family. After the book was published, Sprague gifted her with a personal and gorgeous bound copy. He had the book dedicated to her in latin: "M. S. Sprague praeceptrici olim hodie collaboratrici d.d. T. A. Sprague" - basically saying that she had taught him and collaborated with him. Cordus died young, at the age of 29, likely from malaria. He had botanized in Italy over the summer of 1544 with two French naturalists. At some point, he had waded into marshes in search of new plants. When he became sick a short time later, his friends brought him to Rome and then,   they continued on to Naples. When they returned for him, they found Cordus had died. We owe a debt of gratitude to the Swiss botanist Konrad Gesner who had the sense to collect Cordus' prolific writings and preserve and publish them. One expert once said, "There was Theophrastus; there was nothing for 1,800 years; then there was Cordus." The genus Cordia is named in honor of Valerius Cordus.     #OTD   Today is the birthday of the Landscape Gardener Edward Kemp who was born on this day in 1817. Edward Kemp was the landscape gardener and architect at Birkenhead under Joseph Paxton. He placed an ad in the Liverpool Mercury after the opening of Birkenhead, he was out of work and was offering his services, “[Edward Kemp] begs to offer his services to the Noblemen and Gentlemen in the vicinity of Birkenhead and Liverpool…The fluttering testimonials which he has received from numberless visitors to the Birkenhead park, induce him to believe that a simple reference to the past and present condition of the park …. will be sufficient to ensure for him a large and liberal patronage.” Don't worry about Edward Kemp. He went on to be a leading Victorian Landscape Gardener and a successful one, at that.     #OTD  On this day in 1890, the Sequoia National Park was established to protect the giant Sequoia trees, among the oldest living things on earth.  In 1847, Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher, a German botanist, came up with the genus name "Sequoia" after a Cherokee Chief named Sequoyah (1770-1843) who was the son of a British merchant and a Cherokee woman. Sequoyah developed an alphabet to enable his tribe’s dialect to be written.  In 1872, Asa Gray wrote about the sequoia and presented his work in Dubuque Iowa at the 21st annual session of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. During his presentation, Gray speculated on the origin of the trees. He offered three hypotheses: Either they are just coming into existence, and are destined, if unmolested by man, to spread over the world; They have long lived; on the Pacific Slope, and have never spread elsewhere, because no other climate is fit for them;  They are the survivors of a race that once crowded the hills and valleys of the world. Gray felt the last hypothesis was the one with the most merit. He expanded on this point by saying, "Research has found the fossil sequoia gigantea throughout ... Northern Europe, Iceland, Greenland, Alaska, and the Rocky Mountains. All of these fossil specimens are almost exactly the same as the “ Big Trees” of today. The very slight difference can be readily explained by the modifying force of different conditions. This crucial test shows that, before man sprang from the dust of the Garden of Eden, according to Genesis, or was evolved from the ape of Northern Africa, according to Darwin, the sequoia gigantea belted Northern America, Asia, and Europe, and the islands of the Northern seas. The “ Big Trees” of California are but the outlying sentinels of an army that has vanished."         #OTD On this day in 1942, the newspaper in Spokane Washington had a headline that said: Noted Botanist Crosses Jungle (Takes Long Mule Route Through Tibet to Get a Few Flowers.) The article was about the botanist Francis Kingdon-Ward who had just arrived in New Delhi after a 500 hundred mile walk over mountains and through jungles to avoid the Japanese invaders of Burma. The article said this: "A thin, wiry little man in his 50s, Captain Kingdon-Ward...decided that the Japanese were getting too close for comfort so he loaded two 60-pound bags of rice on two mules... But instead of taking the short road through the Chaukan pass, [he] decided to travel the 500 mile mule trail through Tibet... He thought he might find some useful military information during his trip [and] 'besides, there is always a chance of finding some rare wild flowers on this route.' [Kingdon-Ward tramped] knee-deep in snow [and] crossed the Himalayas at the 14,500 foot pass.... [He said] "It was a pleasant walk and I collected some nice flowers....Your reward is in the finding of dazzling flowers never seen before. You know they may always blush unseen unless you manage , to take them back and make them grow where others can admire them. They are a little bit of the enchantment of Asia transplanted into England or America. It is satisfaction enough if you can feel in an industrial age like the present that you have brought home a little beauty for others to enjoy."       Unearthed Words #OTD  Today is the birthday of the English poet Felicia Hemans who was born on this day in 1793.  She wrote this charming garden poem to honor one of her five sons on his autumnal birthday:   Where sucks the bee now? Summer is flying, Leaves round the elm-tree faded are lying ; Violets are gone from their grassy dell, With the cowslip cups, where the fairies dwell ; The rose from the garden hath pass'd away Yet happy, fair boy, is thy natal day !   For love bids it welcome, the love which hath smiled Ever around thee, my gentle child ! Watching thy footsteps, and guarding thy bed, And pouring out joy on thy sunny head. Roses may vanish, but this will stay Happy and bright is thy natal day !         Today's book recommendation: Living Decor by Maria Colletti This book came out in March of 2019 - so earlier this year. The subtitle is Plants, Potting and DIY Projects - Botanical Styling with Fiddle-Leaf Figs, Monsteras, Air Plants, Succulents, Ferns, and More of Your Favorite Houseplants. Botanical styling is all the rage - even Pottery Barn is offering permanent pots and stems to help lead this trend. The blogger Kendal Morgan Hall, wrote in her review of this book: "[Living Decor] is filled with gorgeous pictures...The colour scheme in this book is vibrant. It shows how plants can warm up a minimalistic decorated living space."  Kendall's review is spot on. I wanted to read a little excerpt to help you get to know the author a little better. Her name is Maria Colletti and she spent 13 years working at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) retail shop. Here's what she wrote in one of the first sections of her book called "Where I Found My Green Life": "In 2003 I continued my schooling it in YBG, chiseling my green skills as shop manager of the shop in the garden. I learned so much working as a garden retailer in a place that educates daily and what it means to love plants. We bought, sold, displayed, and cared for our plant inventory. We watched the garden evolve throughout the seasons, which was, on many days, just breathtaking: The white Korean dogwood trees at the entrance of the rose garden, or the perennial garden outside the Enid A. Haupt to Conservatory in summer. How lucky am I? I intended never to waste this privilege but instead utilize it to the best of my abilities. This is how I discovered my garden lifestyle and brought all the elements together."     Today's Garden Chore It's time to think selectively about where and what to cut back in the garden. Long ago, I learned not to leave grasses up near the house; the base of grasses draw mice and in the Spring when you cut them down, you'll have little mice running all about. I like to get the garden in front of my porch completely clean. We pile snow there from sweeping the porch and clearing off the walks. Plus, this garden is wet in the spring - so I'd rather cut back perennials now and just let everyone do their thing in the spring, without me having to traipse through it. On the other hand, it's nice to strategically allow some perennials to remain; providing habitat for insects, food for birds, and winter interest. In addition to trees and shrubs, plants like Coneflower, sedum, Russian sage, Lovage, Aster, Sunflowers, Hydrangea, and Joe Pye weed remain intact in my garden  until spring.      Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart On this day in 1915 the newspaper out of Burlington Vermont shared a little article about September flowers; focusing mainly on the golden rod and the aster and their numerous varieties.  But then it ended with these marvelous run-on sentences. Check it out: Most conspicuous among the flowers of the roadside and pasture, these last days of September, are the goldenrod and aster. [...] One need not be a botanist to find and identify either plant, for we see them on every hand, making a successful struggle for life under most adverse conditions, and giving a splendor of beauty to the dull, gray days of the fall.  Its closing days show a wealth of floral loveliness that may not soon be duplicated. And this is true of the goldenrod and aster's rich relatives of the garden. The cultivated asters are a blaze of glory in countless gardens, and cannas and hardy chrysanthemums and other things aplenty show no sign of old age.  Thus, latest autumn Is connected with earliest spring, for the floral succession has been unbroken, from the time when the snowdrop blossomed amid ice and snow, through a long line of flowers of every hue and shape, to this 25th of September, when the black-eyed Susans are closing their long campaign, chicory is losing its last pale blue, and the aster and goldenrod are left not exactly blooming alone but the kings of the floral world.     Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Ah May... the Month of Plant Sales.   When I started gardening, I would Plant Sale away my Saturdays in May with my dear friend Judy.   We would plan our way to a successful sale day, waking up while it was still dark out.   Then we'd arrive at the church or the building where the sale was to be held, we'd set up our lawn chairs at the door, and we'd pat ourselves on the back for being first and second in line. Then, we'd wait another hour or two for the doors to open. All the while, sharing our dreams for our gardens, checking our wishlists for the unusual plants we might find at the sale; and figuring out which plants we'd discovered the previous year that we wanted more of and which we deemed not worthy of getting again.     Brevities #OTD  Today May 2, maybe the original April Fools Day.     In Geoffrey Chaucer'sThe Nun's Priest's Tale a fox tricks a rooster on a day32 days after March - which would be May 2, but many took it to mean March 32 or April 1.   Many scholars now think Chaucer actually did mean May 2 as the foolish day. I guess you could say, the joke's on us!     #OTD Today is the last day of Ridvan.  The Ridvan ("Rez-vän") Festival is a holiday celebrated by those of the Baha'i faith, commemorating the 12 days when their prophet and founder resided in a garden outside of Baghdad. He called the garden Ridvan which translates to paradise. Today, Ridvan is a festival of renewal and peace. It celebrates the beginnings of the Baha’i Faith and the first law of the religion was an admonition to humanity to cease all warfare.   #OTD Today is the Annual White House Gardens Symposium.     It's an all-day event focuses on the history and the role of the White House Gardens. There are expert speakers and panelists, as well as a lunch program - and a surprise take away.    This year's symposium highlights the gardens of Beatrix Jones Farrand and Rachel “Bunny” Lambert Mellon,  as well as the present-day White House Gardens.        #OTD On this day in 1969, Jimi Hendrix performed at the Cobo Center in Detroit.    It reminded me of a story about a succulent that ended up being named for Hendrix.   In 1995, Mark Dodero, was listening to Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child” while on a little botanizing trip in Mexico with fellow students Kim Marsden, and Scott and Brenda McMillan.   They had stopped to investigate a mesa in the Colonel Peninsula, about 70 miles south of Ensenada.   They group had made a new succulent discovery years earlier. Dodero thought he saw something about the terrain that made him think he might find another.   He hiked up the mesa and came upon a little plant - a succulent - that he suspected was new.   Years later, University of California, Santa Cruz professor Stephen McCabe, “rediscovered” the plant in the same area described by Dodero during his original discovery.   In 2016, the plant, Dudleya hendrixii, or “Hendrix’s live forever,” in honor of Jimi Hendrix, was recognized in the California Botanical Society’s publication, Madrono.     Unearthed Words   #OTD Today in1863 Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own men and I thought his life story contained many moving passages.   In an article in the Washington Post called, Stonewall Jackson had a soft side, it was revealed that just before the start of the civil war, Jackson had developed a love for gardening.   If you read any biographies on Jackson, his life was one tragedy after another.  His father and sister died of typhoid when Jackson was two years old. His mother died when he was seven.  By the age of seventeen, he had only one sister left from his immediate family. His first wife died after giving birth to his stillborn son. His first daughter with his second wife, Anna, died within a month of her birth.   After all this personal loss and battling life-long mental and physical health problems, Jackson fell in love with gardening. It was, no doubt, a reprieve for Jackson.     Jackson, who once wrote in a schoolbook, "A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds", used botanist Robert Buist's book for guidance. It was Buist's “The Family Kitchen Gardener: Containing Plain and Accurate Descriptions of All the Different Species and Varieties of Culinary Vegetables, that became Jackson's gardening bible and he wrote little notes in the margins as he worked his way through the guide.     In the WaPo article, it noted that  After tomatoes, asparagus, watermelon, spinach and turnips was the one-word notation “plant.” Jackson dearly loved his wife, Anna. In his garden, he planted and picked flowers for her. Ever the military man, his garden was ordered and neat.   In the Spring and Summer of 1859, Jackson wrote letters to Anna who sick and in New York for treatment.  He loved to refer to her with romantic names and he often wrote about the garden... Here's an example:   “I was mistaken about [our] large garden fruit being peaches... It turns out to be apricots and I enclose one which I found on the ground today...  just think, my little Dove has a tree full of them.”   In another letter, he wrote: “Our potatoes are coming up and I shall send you a sample of a leaf. . . . [our] garden has been thirsting for water until last evening.”   And in another, Jackson wrote,  “I watered [our] flowers this morning, and hoed another row of turnips, and expect to hill some celery this evening.” That fall, Jackson responded to the request from the governor to help maintain order in Virginia.   Four years later, on this day in 1863 in the evening, Jackson and his men were returning from an attack. They were fired on by Confederate soldiers who incorrectly thought Jackson’s group was Union soldiers.    Jackson was aware of the dangers of friendly fire, and he once suggested that "I recommend that we should strip ourselves perfectly naked," in order to avoid being shot at.  Nonetheless, that fated evening, Jackson (in full uniform) was hit by two bullets in his left arm, which was then amputated at nearby Wilderness tavern. Jackson's chaplain, Beverly Tucker Lacy was so moved by the trauma of this event that he personally carried Jackson's arm across the fields to his brother's nearby family home called Ellwood.  There, behind the herb garden, was a family cemetery.  Today, Ellwood's cemetery has many civil war dead, but the most famous interment is the only marked grave in the cemetery: "Stonewall" Jackson's left arm.   As Jackson tried to recover, General Lee wrote that Stonewall may have "lost his left arm, but I have lost my right.” Eight days after being shot, Jackson died of complications from pneumonia. He was 39. His last words were, "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of trees."       Today's book recommendation  Didier Decoin's poetic, sensual novel The Office of Gardens and Ponds - out May 2 (translated from the French by Euan Cameron). That’s a stunning cover - with a foiled carp fish.  Gorgeously gilded hardback copies of The Office of Gardens and Ponds are released to go swimming into the world today! Just look at these beauties! Are you ready to travel back to Japan 1000 years ago and relive this beautiful fable where an impoverished heroine Miyuki embarks on a hazardous mountain trek to the Imperial Palace - along with scheming monks, rampaging pirates, dancing storks and an unusual perfume contest. This is a book of historical fiction, "a string of enchantments, transforming mud into gold". Today's Garden Chore You've put it off long enough; this is the year you divide your iris.     Iris are doing their thing right now. Fighting the tulips for the best in show. Iris were once commonly called flags. While anyone can grow iris - not everyone does right by them. If you want them to maintain their vigor, vow to divide them late this summer when it starts to cool down.  You can divide them the same way you divide other rhizomatics like dahlias and lily of the valley. Just dig them up, break them apart, wash them in a 10-percent bleach bath, and replant so that the rhizome is visible on the surface of the soil.     Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart   #OTD On this day in 1987, the Enid A. Haupt Garden was formally dedicated. It took three years to complete and was named for Haupt after she insisted on funding the entire project with $1.5 million and an equal gift to ensure their continued maintenance. As the garden was nearing completion, the Landscape Architect, Paul Lindell had prepared for the 81-year-old Haupt to preview it.   "We had arranged for several means of conveyance... including a golf-cart-like surrey. Despite the four to six inches of dust, Mrs. Haupt insisted on walking through the site, dressed to the nines and in her patent leather shoes."     Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."