Posts Tagged ‘Captain Cook’
David Nelson, the quiet botanist who sailed with Captain Cook and cared for breadfruit
Captain Cook’s Botanist Today is the anniversary of the death of the British botanist David Nelson. David served as the botanist on Captain Cook’s third South Seas trip; William Bligh was the Sailing Master. After gathering many new specimens, David spent the bulk of his time caring for over 500 breadfruit plants that Bligh was…
Read MoreJuly 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
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News Unconventional Wisdom: 8 Revolutionary Ideas for Your Garden from Thomas Rainer – Gardenista “When you meet landscape architect Thomas Rainer he comes across as a…
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
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News How to Make a Teepee for Your Climbing Beans | Mother Earth News “Use a garbage can lid, position canes at 12, 3, 6 &…
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
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News 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…
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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