Posts Tagged ‘botanical illustration’
The $5.5 Million Garden Album: Empress Josephine’s Botanical Treasure
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 15, 1985 On this day, a phenomenal piece of botanical history changed hands at Sotheby’s auction house: Empress Josephine’s personal copy of Pierre-Joseph Redouté’s (pee-AIR zho-ZEFF reh-doo-TAY) botanical watercolors for “Les Liliacées”…
Read MoreWilliam Copeland McCalla: Pioneer of Alberta Botany and Botanical Photography
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 8, 1872 On this day, William Copeland McCalla was born Born into a family where his father ran a conservatory in St. Catharines, Ontario, McCalla developed twin passions that would define his…
Read MoreJohn Bradby Blake: The Young Botanist Who Bridged East and West
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 4, 1745 On this day, we celebrate the birth of the English botanist John Bradby Blake [BRAD-bee BLAKE]. Though he lived a tragically short life – dying at just twelve days after…
Read MoreDawn with the Iris King: Remembering William Rickatson Dykes
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 4, 1877 Today we celebrate the birth of William Rickatson Dykes [RICK-et-sun DYKES], born in Bayswater, London. Though he began his career as a classics teacher at Charterhouse School, it was his…
Read MoreMidnight at Versailles: The Moonlit Challenge of Pierre-Joseph Redouté
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 10, 1825 On this day, my cherished garden enthusiasts, I find myself compelled to share a tale of extraordinary artistic achievement that should set every gardener’s heart aflutter. French King Charles X,…
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2021 Five Secrets of Front-Yard Landscaping, Nikolai Vavilov, Eloise Ray, Katharine White on Bulbs in Pots, The Joy of Botanical Drawing by Wendy Hollender, and National Seed Swap Day the Pandemic Way
Today we celebrate the Russian botanist who sought to end world hunger and created a seed bank. We’ll also learn about a Landscape Architect known for her delicate illustrations and her love of realistic sculpture. We’ll hear some thoughts on growing bulbs in pots by one of my favorite gardeners. We Grow That Garden Library™…
Read MoreThe Mosses and the Muse: Eliza Sullivant’s Botanical Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 23, 1850 My dearest garden companions, today we mark with solemn hearts the anniversary of the passing of that extraordinary botanical soul, Eliza Sullivant. What a marvelous romance blossomed between the Sullivants!…
Read MoreBrushstrokes of Botany: Magnus Hallman’s Portraits of Linnaeus
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 16, 1745 On this day, dear horticultural enthusiasts, we find ourselves transported to the lush landscapes of Östergötland County, Sweden. For it was on this very date that Magnus Hallman, a painter…
Read MoreWildflower Whisperer The Botanical Legacy of Edgar Denison: Missouri’s
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 14, 1993 Oh, my darling petal-pushers! Today marks the anniversary of the departure of that most magnificent botanical soul, Edgar Walter Denison, who enchanted Missouri with his wildflower wisdom. Our beloved plant…
Read MoreA Gardener’s Legacy: Sir William Hooker’s Final Day at Kew
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 12, 1865 Darling garden enthusiasts, it is with a heavy heart that I must report the passing of one of our botanical luminaries. On this day in 1865, Sir William Jackson Hooker,…
Read MoreHelen 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…
Read MoreThe Lady of the Wildflowers: Mary Vaux Walcott’s Botanical Revolution
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 31, 1860 On this day, dear garden friends, Mary Vaux Walcott drew her first breath in Philadelphia, and little did the world know that a botanical titan had arrived. One might say…
Read MoreEllis Rowan: Australia’s Brilliant Botanical Rebel
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 30, 1922 On this day, we honor Ellis Rowan, that most remarkable Australian artist and botanical illustrator, born in 1848, whose life blazed across the canvas of botanical art like a brilliant,…
Read MoreA Botanist Silenced: The Tragic End of Eva Reed
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 8, 1901 On this day, dear readers, the gardening world lost one of its unsung heroines when Eva Reed, a botanist of considerable talent, met her untimely end beneath the wheels of…
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