Australian botany Archives

The Tree That Kept Time: Ludwig Leichhardt’s Last Garden

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 23, 1813 It was on this day in 1813, as autumn leaves were turning in Prussia, that Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt was born. And oh, what a reminder his story is of…

From Heartbreak to Herbarium: The Extraordinary Life of Georgiana Molloy

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 23, 1843 On this day, we celebrate the birth of Georgiana Molloy (books about this person), an English-Australian pioneer and one of the first botanical collectors in Western Australia. Her life, dear…

Allan Cunningham: Botanizing in the Bush

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 15, 1823 On this day, dear readers and fellow botanical enthusiasts, we find ourselves transported to the rugged expanses of early 19th century Australia. For it was on this very date that…