# weeks post — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover weeks post. Page: Feed: --- ## [This Week’s Steiner Quote](https://waldorfways.substack.com/p/this-weeks-steiner-quote-806) _2026-08-19 · Waldorf Ways · Waldorf Ways_ This quote connects very closely to what I was writing about this week. ## [How Much Preparation Is Enough?](https://waldorfways.substack.com/p/how-much-preparation-is-enough) _2026-08-17 · Waldorf Ways · Waldorf Ways_ The point where careful planning stops helping and starts getting in the way ## [King Mu, the Emperor Wu and the Queen Mother of the West’s gardens](https://thegardenhistory.blog/2026/08/15/king-mu-the-emperor-wu-and-the-queen-mother-of-the-wests-gardens/) _2026-08-15 · The Garden History Blog · The Garden History Blog_ The Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven is an ancient Chinese text which was found written on strips of bamboo in a royal tomb dating to 296BC. It tells of the travels of King Mu of Zhou, a 10thc … Continue reading → ## [August Is Not Just About Preparing for September](https://waldorfways.substack.com/p/august-is-not-just-about-preparing) _2026-08-09 · Waldorf Ways · Waldorf Ways_ The space between one school year and the next can show us things we were too close to see ## [Mr Tod’s Catalogue of Regency Greenhouses](https://thegardenhistory.blog/2026/08/08/george-tod-plans-elevations-and-sections-of-hot-houses-etc-1823/) _2026-08-08 · The Garden History Blog · The Garden History Blog_ “Botany, an elegant and interesting study, has lately become a favourite pursuit among the higher classes of the community; and the attention to forcing of plants, flowers, and fruits, for the table, has increased the demand for Horticultural Buildings of … Continue reading → ## [A New Episode of Wonderfully Human](https://waldorfways.substack.com/p/a-new-episode-of-wonderfully-human-3a9) _2026-08-06 · Waldorf Ways · Waldorf Ways_ How Can I Support My Child in Becoming a Good Person (Part 2) ## [A Beautiful Classroom Is Not a Decorated Classroom](https://waldorfways.substack.com/p/a-beautiful-classroom-is-not-a-decorated) _2026-08-02 · Waldorf Ways · Waldorf Ways_ The August work of preparing a room to receive the children ## [Start Here](https://waldorfways.substack.com/p/start-here) _2026-08-01 · Waldorf Ways · Waldorf Ways_ Hello and welcome to Waldorf Ways, I created this page for those who may need a reading list to get them started.Hello and welcome to Waldorf Ways. ## [The International Garden Festival at Chaumont 2026](https://thegardenhistory.blog/2026/08/01/chaumont-2026/) _2026-08-01 · The Garden History Blog · The Garden History Blog_ I’ve written several times before about the International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire but not since 2021 so I thought it was about time for an update after this year’s visit. Chaumont is a wonderful combination of a Renaissance chateau, full … Continue reading → ## [Charles Darwin and the Movement of Plants](https://thegardenhistory.blog/2026/07/25/the-movement-of-plants/) _2026-07-25 · The Garden History Blog · The Garden History Blog_ Did you know that plants move? I don’t just mean by being blown about in the wind, or sending out creeping roots or runners but actually have parts that move spontaneously as if looking for something? Plants look static to … Continue reading → ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/263mV3FWJB9A) _2026-07-25 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [Charles and the Cactus Cornucopia](https://thegardenhistory.blog/2026/07/18/charles-the-cactus-collector/) _2026-07-18 · The Garden History Blog · The Garden History Blog_ Many people are passionate about plants but today’s post is about a 19th gardener, author and editor who went one stage further, gave up his promising career as an academic and devoted much of his life to writing about plants … Continue reading → ## [Thomas Wright: Arbours, Grottos and the Heavens Above](https://thegardenhistory.blog/2026/07/11/thomas-wright/) _2026-07-11 · The Garden History Blog · The Garden History Blog_ After last week’s post about William Wrighte and his Grotesque Architecture today I’m going to look at his contemporary, and almost namesake, Thomas Wright for whom he’s often mistaken and not just because of their names. They were both architects … Continue reading → ## [William Wrighte’s Grotesque Garden Architecture](https://thegardenhistory.blog/2026/07/04/grotesque-architecture-or-rural-amusement/) _2026-07-04 · The Garden History Blog · The Garden History Blog_ I often write pieces on here about obscure or forgotten figures but usually when I say something like “very little is known about their life” there is actually just about enough information to construct a mini-biography before looking at their … Continue reading → ## [Varro’s Aviary](https://thegardenhistory.blog/2026/06/27/varros-aviary/) _2026-06-27 · The Garden History Blog · The Garden History Blog_ It was my birthday recently and a friend gave me an antique print of Varro’s aviary. Like you, my first thought was “who was Varro?” – followed swiftly by – that doesn’t look like any aviary I’ve ever seen before. … Continue reading → ## [The indefatigable Margaret Meen](https://thegardenhistory.blog/2026/06/20/the-indefatigable-margaret-meen/) _2026-06-20 · The Garden History Blog · The Garden History Blog_ I’m not sure what happened with this week’s post. Some people seem to have received it by email yesterday, and others have reported it hasn’t arrived today, so I’m reposting it. Apologies if you’re seeing it for a second time. … Continue reading → ## [Margaret Meen](https://thegardenhistory.blog/2026/06/20/margaret-meen/) _2026-06-20 · The Garden History Blog · The Garden History Blog_ The Morning Chronicle for Friday, January 24th 1834 reported the death “At Bath, Mrs. Meen, aged 82.” Those six little words marked the end of a remarkably talented, and until recently, largely forgotten, botanical artist and teacher. You might have seen … Continue reading →