Posts Tagged ‘Alice Eastwood’
January 19, 2026 Alice Eastwood, G. Ledyard Stebbins, Janus and the Snowdrop, The New Romantic Garden by Jo Thompson, and Harris Olson
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Patreon Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Today’s Show Notes January is a quieter season in the garden. The beds are resting. The work is mostly invisible. This is the time of year…
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2021 Three Gorgeous Ways to Group Containers, Alice Eastwood, Carlotta Case Hall, The Magic of Light, Windcliff by Daniel J. Hinkley, and the Soapy State Flower of New Mexico: the Yucca
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News 3 Gorgeous Ways to Group Containers Together for a Lush Patio Garden | Better Homes & Gardens | Andrea Beck Botanical History On This Day…
Read MoreA Sunflower Among the Ruins: The Indomitable Alice Eastwood
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. January 19, 1859 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of a true botanical heroine, the indomitable Alice Eastwood. A self-taught botanist of remarkable tenacity, Alice’s life reads like a thrilling…
Read MoreKate Brandegee: California’s Trailblazing Woman Botanist
Exploring Life The great woman botanist and Californian Kate Brandegee wrote her husband, Townshend, who she lovingly called Townie. On this day in 1908, Kate was 64, and though she and Townie often botanized together, Kate was not afraid to go explore alone. She let Townie know in this letter that: ” I am going…
Read MoreKate Brandegee: Pioneer Botanist, Mentor, and Guardian of California’s Flora
A Passion for Botany Today is the anniversary of the death of the botanist Kate Brandegee. Kate was the third woman to enroll at Berkely’s medical school and the second woman to be professionally employed as a botanist in the US. After getting her MD at Berkley, she found starting a practice too daunting. Thankfully,…
Read MoreHazel Schmoll: Guardian of the Colorado Blue Columbine
The Colorado State Botanist Today is the anniversary of the death of Colorado State botanist Hazel Schmoll. Hazel was born in a sod cabin in McAlester, Kansas, in 1890. Her family settled in Colorado when she was just two years old. Hazel was the first woman to earn a doctorate in botany from the University…
Read MoreAlice Eastwood: The Self-Taught Botanist Who Saved Plants From the Flames
A Curator of Botany Today is the anniversary of the death of the Canadian American self-taught botanist Alice Eastwood who died on this day in 1953. Eastwood is remembered for saving almost 1500 specimens from a burning building following the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. Afterward, she wrote about the specimens that didn’t make it:…
Read MoreOctober 30, 2019 Aging Gardeners, Healthy Food, Piet Oudolf, Alfred Sisley, George Plummer Burns, Cherry Ingram, Alice Eastwood, A Song of October, She Sheds Style by Erika Kotite, Leaf Compost Bin, and Elizabeth Lawrence
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News Mother Earth News recently shared an insightful post called When Age and Illness Invade the Homestead. The article asks this question: “How do you cope…
Read MoreKatherine Brandagee: Trailblazing Botanist and Mentor of California Flora
The Second Female Botanist Today is the 175th birthday of the botanist Katherine Brandagee who was born on this day in 1844. Brandagee was the third woman to enroll at Berkeley’s medical school and the second woman to be professionally employed as a botanist in the US. While getting her MD at Berkeley, Kate had…
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