Posts Tagged ‘Catherine Parr Traill’
Planting Spoons: A Garden Story From the Life of Canadian Pioneer Catherine Parr Traill
“One day, Catherine realized her spoons were gone. Sounding the alarm, Catherine discovered that her young son Willie admitted he had taken them, and he had planted them in the garden.” January 9, 1802 On this day, the Canadian-English writer and botanical illustrator Catherine Parr Traill was born. Catherine and her husband, Thomas, faced extraordinary…
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Canada and Cardinal Flowers Today is the birthday of the Canadian-English writer and botanical illustrator Catherine Parr Traill – she was such an amazing woman. When Catherine was 30 years old, she was newly married, and she immigrated with her husband to Canada. Her family wasn’t thrilled about any of it. They didn’t approve of…
Read MoreJanuary 9, 2020 Japan’s Winter Peonies, Andre Baranowski’s Garden Wild, Catherine Parr Traill, Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton, Beatrix Farrand, Marvin Gaye, Seed Catalog Poetry, The Lifelong Gardener by Toni Gattone, Jute Rope Plant Basket, and Silver Spoons
Today we celebrate an incredible woman, a true pioneer of Canada and a writer and botanical illustrator. We’ll learn about one of the most dedicated and famous bryologists, and she helped establish the New York Botanical Garden. Today’s Unearthed Words feature wonderful thoughts on the gardener’s favorite winter reading material – seed catalogs. We Grow…
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