Posts Tagged ‘Canadian history’
Gentle Julia: The Adventurous Life of Julia Wilmotte Henshaw
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 19, 1937 On this day, Julia Wilmotte [will-MOT] Henshaw, Canadian botanist, geographer, writer, and political activist, died. Her remarkable life reads like an adventure novel – from mapping Vancouver Island’s interior to…
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 MoreSeeds of a City: Paul de Chomedey and the Blooming of Montreal
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 17, 1642 On this day, dear readers, we find ourselves transported to the banks of the St. Lawrence River, where Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, a French military officer, catches his…
Read MoreSuffrage in Bloom: The Remarkable Garden Life of Nellie McClung
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 17, 1916 It was on this day that a photograph preserved for posterity captured two titans of women’s suffrage—our own Nellie McClung standing shoulder to shoulder with the formidable British firebrand Emmeline…
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