Posts Tagged ‘Captain Cook’
July 20, 2020 Thomas Rainer’s Garden Tips, David Nelson, Gregor Mendel, Daylilies, Brian Shaw, Katharine White, The Garden as Sanctuary, Shrubs by Andy McIndoe, and Katharine White
Today we remember the beloved botanist who served on Captain Cook’s third South Seas trip. We’ll also learn about the Austrian botanist and monk who pioneered the study of heredity. We celebrate the usefulness of daylilies. We also honor the life of a young man who was killed paying his florist bill and the life…
Read MoreFebruary 19, 2020 Making a Bean Teepee, Protecting Mature Trees, Charles de l’Écluse, Daniel Solander, William Francis Ganong, Winter Bee Poetry, Gardens in Detail by Emma Reuss, 4-Tier Mini Greenhouse and Frances Perry
Today we celebrate the man who introduced tulips to Holland and the botanist who was supposed to become Carl Linnaeus’s son-in-law — but didn’t. We’ll also learn about the botanist who loved New Brunswick. Today’s Unearthed Words feature words about winter – and bees in winter. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book that…
Read MoreCommemorative Postage Stamps of Captain Cook’s Voyage to New Zealand
“The 18c stamp showed Dr. Solander. He was the botanist aboard the ‘Endeavour,’ with a native plant bearing his name and known locally as the Matata.” November 8, 1969 The Johnson City Press, out of Johnson City, Tennessee, reported on a new batch of postage stamps out of New Zealand that commemorated the bi-centenary of…
Read MoreBotanical Peril: How Banks and Solander Survived the Journey That Killed 38
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 12, 1771 On this day, dear readers, Captain Cook graced England’s shores once more, having triumphantly completed his maiden voyage to that far-flung curiosity we now call Australia. One cannot help but…
Read MoreJuly 12, 2019 Giant Water Lily, Captain Cook, Charles Darwin, Henry David Thoreau, Gardens Are for People by Thomas Church, Propagating Pelargoniums, and Yerba Buena
In China, July is the month of the lotus. Recently I shared a video in the Facebook Group for the Show from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh,, which shows Senior Horticulturist, Pat Clifford, teaching their intern Hazel, how to remove the older leaves of the Giant Water Lily so the pond does not get overcrowded.…
Read MoreSir Joseph Banks: The Gentleman Who Preferred Plants to People
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 19, 1820 It was on this day in 1820 that Sir Joseph Banks, that most indomitable of botanical adventurers, departed this mortal garden for the great greenhouse beyond. One cannot help but…
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