November 18, 2019 The National Trust Cover Photo, The Feminine History of Botany, William Shenstone, Leo Lesquereux, Asa Gray, Kim Wilde, Margaret Atwood, Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life by Marta McDowell, Boot Tray reboot and Cranberry Frenzy in 1843
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Les Lockhart’s photo of the Newtown Nature Reserve on the Isle of Wight won the @nationaltrust photo competition. @Countrylifemag shared the top 15 photos - proving that the beauty of nature is unbeatable.
The National Trust manages over 600,000 acres of gardens.
The Forgotten Feminine History of Botany
Here's a great post by Sienna Vittoria Lee-Coughlin on @verilymag called The Forgotten Feminine History of Botany. Throughout history, women collected specimens & seeds, mastered botanical illustration (vital to scientific study), and were patrons & promoters of botany.
Botanical History On This Day
1714 William Shenstone, the poet and landscape gardener who created the famed ornamented farm known as The Leasowes, was born.
1806 Charles Leo Lesquereux, the Swiss-born American bryologist who partnered with William Starling Sullivant to define American mosses, was born.
1810 Asa Gray, Harvard botanist, co-author of Flora of North America, and early advocate of Darwin’s theory of natural selection, was born.
1960 Kim Wilde, pop singer turned award-winning gardener, was born.
Unearthed Words
A bouquet of garden-inspired words for this date:
Proust, Atwood & Thoreau on gratitude, gardening, and winter yarrow
Grow That Garden Library™
Read The Daily Gardener review of Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life by Marta McDowell
Buy the book on Amazon: Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life
Today's Botanic Spark
1843 A Cranberry Craze Sweeps America — a sweet seasonal story from The New England Farmer about the unexpected flood of Michigan cranberries into the markets of Boston and beyond.
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