Posts Tagged ‘female botanists’
A Sister of Science: How Lucy Braun Charted Her Own Path Through American Forests
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 19, 1889 On this day, the botanical world welcomed one of its most formidable daughters – Emma Lucy Braun, though she insisted upon “Lucy” with the same determination she later applied to…
Read MoreBriars, Rattlesnakes, and Legacy: The Extraordinary Life of Mary Gibson Henry
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 16, 1967 On this day, we mark the passing of botanist Mary Gibson Henry, a woman whose passion for plants led her through briar patches, rattlesnake-infested swamps, and ultimately to her final…
Read MoreJumping Through Windows: The Extraordinary Life of South Africa’s Great Plant Collector Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 11, 1912 On this day, the botanical world received a gift it scarcely deserved—the birth of Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen, a South African treasure who would go on to become what modest society…
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