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Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden

Cultivating Place: Emily Dickinson – Poet Gardener

By Jennifer Jewell
Published December 8, 2016 at 10:00 AM PST
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A photo of The Homestead.
courtesy of the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA all rights reserved.
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A photo of The Homestead.
courtesy of the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA all rights reserved.
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An archival etching of The Homestead.
courtesy of the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA all rights reserved.
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An archival etching of The Homestead.
courtesy of the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA all rights reserved.
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Signage from the New York Botanical Garden 2010 exhibition.
courtesy of the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA all rights reserved
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Signage from the New York Botanical Garden 2010 exhibition.
courtesy of the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA all rights reserved
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A sample page from Dickinson’s herbarium.";
courtesy of the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA all rights reserved
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A sample page from Dickinson’s herbarium.";
courtesy of the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA all rights reserved
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A possible map of The Homestead’s garden and grounds as it was during the life of the poet.";
courtesy of the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA all rights reserved
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A possible map of The Homestead’s garden and grounds as it was during the life of the poet.";
courtesy of the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA all rights reserved

Credit courtesy of the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA all rights reserved.
This daguerreotype taken at Mount Holyoke, December 1846 or early 1847 is the only authenticated portrait of Emily Dickinson later than childhood. The original is held by Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Emily Dickinson references plants, flowers, nature or her garden in more than one-third of her known poems, with many more references in her extensive correspondences with family and friends. Flowers and nature provided her with both “inspiration and companionship.” In celebration of the poet’s upcoming birthday, this week on Cultivating Place we’re joined by Jane Wald, executive director of the Emily Dickinson Museum, who’s overseeing current research and restoration of the Dickinson’s historic home garden and conservatory. Join us!

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Jennifer Jewell
Jennifer Jewell is the creator and host of the national award-winning, weekly public radio program and podcast, Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History & the Human Impulse to Garden, Jennifer Jewell is a gardener, garden writer, and gardening educator and advocate. Particularly interested in the intersections between gardens, the native plant environments around them, and human culture, she is the daughter of garden and floral designing mother and a wildlife biologist father.
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