Posts Tagged ‘botanical adventure’
Joseph Rock: The Adventurous Botanist Who Mapped China’s Botanical Treasures
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 24, 1963 Dearest reader, On this day, The Anniston Star of Alabama published a touching retrospective on the life and adventures of Joseph Rock, the great Austrian-American botanist and explorer, who had…
Read MoreThomas Nuttall’s Botanical Journey: Discovering Michigan’s Flora on Mackinac Island
Adventures in Mackinac On this day, a 24-year-old botanist named Thomas Nuttal jumped in a birch bark canoe with Aaron Greeley, the deputy surveyor of the territory of Michigan, and they paddled to Mackinac Island arriving two weeks later on August 12. Thomas spent several days on Mackinac – He was the first real botanist…
Read MoreThe Egg-straordinary Survival of a 79-Year-Old Botanist in Alaska
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 10, 1949 Oh, my dear garden enthusiasts, what a tale of botanical adventure I have for you today! In this year of 1949, a most remarkable rescue has occurred that would make…
Read MoreThe Adventurous Career Path of Plant Exploration: A 1934 Male Perspective from Knowles A. Ryerson
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 17, 1934 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts, we find ourselves whisked away to the year 1934, where The Times Herald of Port Huron, Michigan, tantalized its readers with a most captivating…
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