Posts Tagged ‘Forensic Botany’
December 16, 2020 Madagascar Vanilla, Marshall Pinckney Wilder, Albert Spear Hitchcock, David Hall, Hal Borland, The Catskills Farm to Table Cookbook by Courtney Wade and a Plant Called Higgenses
Today we celebrate a botanist remembered for his work with Pears and Camellias. We’ll also learn about a botanist who specialized in grasses and traveled extensively to collect them. We’ll learn about the work of a forensic botanist back in the early 1980s. We take a moment to savor December – courtesy of a verse…
Read MoreMurder Most Florid by Mark Spencer
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Murder Most Florid by Mark Spencer The subtitle to this book is Inside the Mind of a Forensic Botanist. Mark is a passionate plantsman, a champion of plants and the study of Botany. Mark is also passionate about connecting people with the natural world. Creating a niche for…
Read MoreJulia Morton: The Botanical Detective Who Solved Plant Mysteries
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 25, 1912 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts, we celebrate the birth of Julia Francis McHugh Morton, an author and botanist whose life’s work reminds us that the plant kingdom, while beautiful,…
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