Posts Tagged ‘Frances Stackhouse Acton’
Frances Stackhouse Acton: Botanist, Botanical Artist, and Preservationist
Botanist and Botanical Artist Today is the birthday of the botanist Frances Stackhouse Acton. Frances was the daughter of Thomas Andrew Knight, who served as the second president of the Royal Horticultural Society. Thomas assumed the position at the urging of his friend Joseph A Banks. Now, Knight’s inclination was always to turn inward -…
Read MoreJuly 7, 2020 Rhodds Farm, Creeping Avens, Henry Compton, Frances Stackhouse Acton, William Curtis, Sir Walter Scott, The Dormouse and the Doctor by AA Milne, The Himalayan Garden by Jim Jermyn, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News Rhodds Farm | National Garden Scheme “The garden at Rhodds Farm was started from scratch in 2005 by Cary Goode. It is a challenging site…
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