Posts Tagged ‘botanical science’
The Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing Cacti and Succulents by the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Paul Rees
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. The Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing Cacti and Succulents by the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Paul Rees This book came out in 2023, and the…
Read MoreThe Father of American Dendrology: Remembering Humphry Marshall
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 5, 1801 On this day, America lost one of its pioneering botanists, Humphry Marshall. His legacy as the “Father of American Dendrology” continues to influence our understanding of native trees and shrubs…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreChlorophyll, Gravity, and the Invisible Forces: Henri Dutrochet’s Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 14, 1776 On this day, dear readers and fellow admirers of nature’s mysteries, we celebrate the birth of a true luminary in the realm of botanical science: Henri Dutrochet, the French physician,…
Read MoreGeorge Bentham: The Lawyer Who Revolutionized Botany
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 22, 1800 My dearest garden friends, on this day, we celebrate the birth of George Bentham, a man whose decision to abandon law for botany would alter not only his own destiny…
Read MoreBeyond His Father’s Shadow: Francis Darwin and The Movement of Plants
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 16, 1848 Today is the birthday of the third son of Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin – known to his family as Frank, and known to us, my darling green-thumbed confidantes, as a…
Read MoreSeeds of Discord: How Asa Gray’s Exit Bloomed Into Botanical Greatness
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 10, 1838 On this day, dear readers, the esteemed botanist Asa Gray resigned from the Wilkes Expedition, a decision that would alter the course of American botanical history as surely as a…
Read MoreGranite and Greenery: Berlin Honors Botanist Alexander Braun
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 17, 1879 It was on this day that the botanical world paid homage to one of its fallen luminaries, when at the Botanical Gardens of Berlin, a monument to the late eminent…
Read MoreSeussical Botany: Celebrating Francis Hallé’s Artistic Science
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 15, 1938 Oh, dear readers, gather ’round! On this most auspicious day, the botanical world received one of its most extraordinary minds – Francis Hallé, born April 15, 1938, whose hands would…
Read MoreFrom Dutch Meadows to Javanese Gardens: The Life of Botanist John Paulus Lotsy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 11, 1867 On this day, the botanical world welcomed John Paulus Lotsy into its verdant fold—a Dutch botanist and geneticist of considerable merit who first drew breath in Dordrecht and later became…
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