History & Horticulture: England – Of Kings and Pooh Bear  

Join garden writer Jessica Damiano on a virtual tour of two very different horticultural English gems: Ashdown Forest, the little-known, real-life inspiration for Winnie the Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood, and Kew Gardens, the world's most famous botanic garden, which is believed to be the most biodiverse place on the planet and has a direct connection to the Mutiny on the Bounty!

Jessica Damiano is an award-winning journalist, gardening coach, Cornell-trained master gardener and author of The Weekly Dirt email newsletter. Formerly Newsday's nationally syndicated, prize-winning Garden Detective columnist, Jessica enjoys helping local gardeners solve their horticultural problems in her newsletter and the hundreds of gardening presentations she gives around the US (and the world!) each year. The 2021 edition of “Jessica Damiano’s Day-by Day Gardening Calendar: 365 tips and chores to keep your garden on track all year long” was awarded the prestigious International Garden Communicators prize. Jessica lives on the North Shore of Long Island, NY, with her husband and dog, and a whole bunch of perennials, vegetable plants, and weeds.