Posts Tagged ‘botanical collaborations’
Garden Writer Alice Lounsberry: A Life Devoted to Flowers and Friendship
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 6, 1868 On this day, the botanist and garden writer Alice Lounsberry was born in New York City. From a young age, Alice developed a deep love for the natural world, exploring…
Read MoreThe Deaf Botanist Who Mastered Mosses: Charles Leo Lesquereux
Living with Nature November 18, 1806 Today is the birthday of a son of Switzerland, Charles Leo Lesquereux, (“le crew”), who was born on this day in 1806. Leo was born with a naturalist’s heart. A self-described dreamer, Leo loved to go out into the forest, and he collected all kinds of flowers and…
Read MoreJohn Redfield Herbarium: Preserving Botanical History in Philadelphia
Philadelphia’s Botanical Star November 5, 1896 On this day, the newspaper out of Buffalo, New York, reported that John Redfield herbarium was looking for a home. John H Redfield was born in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1815. In 1836, John became friends with Asa Gray after joining the Lyceum of Natural History in New York, where…
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