Posts Tagged ‘female pioneers’
Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan: The Botanical Pioneer Who Commanded Both Fungi and Forces
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 27, 1967 My dearest garden confidantes, today marks the solemn anniversary of the departure of one of our most illustrious botanical heroines – the incomparable Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, who left our earthly…
Read MoreThe Botanical Queen: Bertha Stoneman’s South African Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 30, 1943 On this day, the botanical world lost one of its most illustrious figures when Bertha Stoneman, that remarkable American transplant who took root and flourished in African soil, breathed her…
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