September 16, 2021 Flower Shop Success Tips, Engelbert Kaempfer, Marian Cruger Coffin, Annette Hoyt Flanders, Sharyn McCrumb, Walled Gardens by Jules Hudson, and Frederic Edward Clements
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Botanical History On This Day
1651 Birth of Engelbert Kaempfer, German naturalist, physician, and explorer. He is renowned for his ten-year travels through Asia and for bringing back the first botanical specimens from Japan, including the first Western description of the Ginkgo tree in his medical and botanical work Amoenitatum Exoticarum.
1876 Birth of Marian Cruger Coffin, one of America’s first female landscape architects. After pioneering her own practice, she designed estates for the East Coast elite, emphasizing that gardeners must handle shears with care, lest they cause damage that is hard to reverse.
1887 Birth of Annette Hoyt Flanders, American landscape architect and advocate for preserving gardens during economic hardship, reminding us that beauty need not be grand to be meaningful.
Unearthed Words
In King’s Mountain, Sharyn McCrumb poignantly captures the breath held in late September, as summer fades and autumn prepares to take stage.
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Explore Walled Gardens by Jules Hudson, a 2018 celebration of England’s historic walled kitchen gardens that once provided food, medicine, and beauty. These gardens evolved into symbols of wealth, featuring exotic plants and innovative designs, such as heated walls and glasshouses.
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Today’s Botanic Spark
1874 Birth of Frederic Edward Clements, American plant ecologist and pioneer of vegetation succession studies. His quadrat method introduced rigorous fieldwork to ecology and embodied a deep, intimate connection with nature through detailed observation and study.
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