November 3, 2021 Mercy Park Sculptures, William Young, William Cullen Bryant, Sarah Addison Allen, Genealogy for Gardeners by Simon Maughan and Ross Bayton, and Kansas Gardens
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Botanical History On This Day
1766 William Young returned to America as the Queen’s botanist after studying in England. Despite early struggles with debt and jail abroad, he restored his reputation by expertly collecting live plants, including the sensational Venus flytrap, impressing English botanists and royal patrons alike.
1794 Birth of William Cullen Bryant, American poet whose nature-inspired verse praised the transient beauty of roses and the resilience of autumn’s barren landscapes in poems like A Winter Piece.
1841 Birth of Eugenius Warming, Danish botanist considered a founder of modern plant ecology and author of the pioneering textbook Oecology of Plants (1895), framing the study of plant communities and their environments.
Unearthed Words
From Sarah Addison Allen’s The Sugar Queen: The crisp November air of the North Carolina mountains is likened to sweet gingersnap cookies with white chocolate chunks and creamy vanilla frosting, evoking the sensory delights of early winter.
Grow That Garden Library™
Explore Genealogy for Gardeners by Simon Maughan and Ross Bayton, a 2017 guide that unveils the fascinating family trees of plants, helping gardeners understand plant relationships, soil preferences, and design harmony. This richly illustrated book simplifies complex botanical connections into practical gardening wisdom.
Buy the book on Amazon: Genealogy for Gardeners
Today's Botanic Spark
1903 In Kansas, The Cherokee Sentinel cheered November gardens as “green and beautiful as in summer,” dubbing Kansas the “American Italy” and “the garden spot of the world,” a hopeful ode to the Heartland’s horticultural promise.
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