Posts Tagged ‘conservation’
The Poetry of Pollinators: Neltje Blanchan’s Garden Revolution
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 23, 1865 Today we also remember the birth of Neltje Blanchan, and oh my dears, if Annie Lorrain Smith taught us to see the microscopic world of lichens, Blanchan taught an entire…
Read MoreBlazing a Trail: Otto Jennings and the Star of the Prairie
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 4, 1877 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of Otto Emery Jennings, a man whose passion for the natural world would leave an indelible mark on both the scientific…
Read MoreFrom Seventeen to Cymbidiums: Enid Annenberg Haupt’s Horticultural Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 13, 1906 On this day, we celebrate the birth of Enid Annenberg Haupt, an American publisher and philanthropist who would come to be known as “the greatest patron American horticulture has ever…
Read MoreA Sanctuary Amidst Academia: The Bluethenthal Wildflower Preserve
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 24, 1974 On this day, dear gardening enthusiasts, we find ourselves transported to a moment of horticultural splendor that would make even the most jaded of botanists swoon with delight. The year…
Read MoreA Botanical Birthday: Celebrating Arturo Gómez-Pompa
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 21, 1934 On this day, dear gardeners, we celebrate the birth of a true luminary in the world of botany. Arturo Gómez-Pompa, that esteemed Mexican botanist, drew his first breath on this…
Read MoreThe Seedling of Conservation: Forest and Stream’s Debut
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 14, 1873 On this day, dear readers, we find ourselves transported to a time when the great outdoors beckoned with an irresistible siren song. The year was 1873, and the world of…
Read MoreTiny Troublemaker: The Orchid That Stopped a Highway
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 10, 1983 On this day, dear readers, a most peculiar headline graced the pages of The Town Talk in Alexandria, Louisiana. It proclaimed, with no small measure of astonishment, ‘Rare Plant Halts…
Read MoreA Voice for Nature: Sir David Attenborough’s Earthly Symphony
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 8, 1926 On this day, the world welcomed a true champion of nature, Sir David Frederick Attenborough, born in a quaint suburb of London, England. Little did anyone know that this babe…
Read MoreSeeds of Conservation: The Birth of the Native Plant Society of Texas
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 25, 1981 On this day, dear champions of indigenous flora, we celebrate the founding of The Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) at Texas Women’s University. This momentous occasion marked the beginning…
Read MoreThe President’s Tree: Harry Truman’s Sugar Maple Moment
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 25, 1958 On this day, dear readers, we witness a most presidential act of arboreal affection. Picture, if you will, the scene in New York as former President Harry Truman, his tenure…
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