Posts Tagged ‘Charles Wilkins Short’
October 6, 2022 Garlic Lovers Day, Charles Wilkins Short, William Withering, Jean-André Soulié, Rosamund Marriott Watson, Creating a Garden Retreat by Virginia Johnson, and Gilles Clément
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day Today is Garlic Lovers Day — a reminder of how this humble bulb has flavored kitchens and cured ailments for centuries. Garlic’s…
Read MoreBotanical Hide and Seek: Charles Short and the Shortia Story
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 6, 1794 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of a true luminary in the world of botany and medicine, Charles Wilkins Short. A son of Kentucky, Short would go…
Read MoreOctober 6, 2021 Garden Border Ideas, Charles Wilkins Short, André Soulié, Levi James Russell, Susan Hill, The Tree Book by Michael Dirr and Keith Warren, and Chris Howell
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 Garden Border Ideas | Country Living | Matt Rees-Warren Botanical History On This Day 1794 Birth of Charles Wilkins Short, American botanist and doctor from Kentucky.…
Read MoreThe Long Search for Shortia: Charles Wilkins Short and a Botanist’s Mystery
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 6, 1794 Dearest reader, On this day was born Charles Wilkins Short, a Kentucky physician and botanist whose passion for flora blossomed into a remarkable legacy. In 1833, he authored a comprehensive…
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