March 29, 2022 William Baldwin, R. S. Thomas, Yûrin no Niwa, COVID Garden Prep, Homegrown Tea by Cassie Liversidge, and Richard Evans Schultes
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Botanical History On This Day
1779 Birth of William Baldwin, American botanist and physician. He explored Georgia, Florida, Latin America, and the West Indies. Baldwin’s milkwort (Polygala balduinii) honors his legacy on the banks of the Missouri River, where he is buried, though his grave was lost to flooding.
1913 Birth of R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet and Anglican priest. His poem The Garden reflects on nature as a refuge and a place to find love and solitude.
1969 Completion of Yûrin no Niwa, a kimono-inspired garden in Kyoto, Japan. Designed by Mirei Shigemori and later relocated and expanded by his student Iwamoto Toshio, its water-filled kimono-shaped pond celebrates silk dye artistry with vibrant stone colors.
2021 As COVID lockdowns ended, Out and Out published five garden prep tips for March 29th, including lawn care, washing winter grime away, arranging seating, spring planting, and adding finishing touches for alfresco enjoyment.
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Explore Homegrown Tea by Cassie Liversidge, an illustrated guide to planting and harvesting teas and tisanes. Filled with stunning photos and garden wisdom, this book invites tea lovers to turn any garden or windowsill into their own tea cupboard.
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Today's Botanic Spark
1942 On this day, ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes arrived in the Amazon to study indigenous arrow poisons and medicinal plants, sparking a lifelong adventure in discovering nature’s healing secrets, immortalized by the orchid Pacyphyllum schultesii named for him.
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