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Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen
The Modest Model Botanist #OTD Today, we celebrate the birthday of a South African who had many botanical triumphs: Botanist Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen. She’s been described as “the most outstanding collector ever of South African Flora,” collecting 36,000 herbarium species. A botanist at the Bolus Herbarium in Cape Town, Elsie was beyond humble. She would…
Read MoreApril 11, 2019 Yearlong Care of the Garden, Luther Burbank , Yogi Yogananda, Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen, John Paulus Lotsy, Ogden Nash, Barbara Kingsolver, Mary Treat, A New Garden Tote, and the Clark Botanic Garden
How much do you care for your garden? Do your time and attention stay pretty constant throughout the season? If not, why not? What would your garden look like in August if you loved it then as much as you do now? What must you do to sustain a high level of care for your…
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