Posts Tagged ‘abies nobilis’
Helen Durand: The Belgian Artist Who Spent 105 Hours Drawing a Single Fir Cone
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 9, 1883 Darling petal-whisperers, today is the birthday of the Belgian botanical illustrator, Helen Durand, who graced this earth with her presence on this day in 1883. After immersing herself in the…
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