December 18, 2020 The Best Stunning Winter Bark, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Lady Cromer, David Austin, a 700-year-old Christmas tree, Rachel Peden, Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist by Michael Judd, and the story of the Tom Cox Arboretum
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Botanical History On This Day
1829 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist who outlined an early theory of evolution and quietly preserved Paris’s Jardin du Roi by renaming it “The Garden of Plants,” died in Paris.
1930 “Bathrooms like Gardens”—The Boston Globe noted Lady Cromer’s iris-themed bath, walls painted with riverbank blooms so the tub became the “river” itself.
1958 Oregon’s 700-Year-Old Sitka Spruce was saved for a public tree-farm park in Seaside; at 195 feet tall and over 15 feet in diameter, it rivaled the nation’s champions.
2018 David Austin, beloved rose breeder and author (from ‘Constance Spry’ onward), was remembered for reviving old-rose charm—“roses of fragrance and character”—for modern gardens.
Unearthed Words
A winter hush under the Swamp Maple and the unimaginable sight of total peace. Rachel Peden, The Land, The People
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Today's Botanic Spark
1999 A Georgia arbor-enthusiast turned 14 acres into a private arboretum—600 trees from 38 countries, labeled and shared with clubs—proving passion can plant a forest. Read today’s Botanic Spark
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