Brushstrokes and Bequeathments: The Extraordinary Life of Mary Hiester Reid

Mary Hiester Reid

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 24, 1854 On this day in 1854, the extraordinary floral still-life painter Mary Hiester Reid entered the world—a woman whose brushstrokes captured nature’s fleeting beauty with such exquisite delicacy that one might…

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