30,000 Specimens and One Boiled Leg: Aven Nelson’s Yellowstone Legacy

Aven Nelson

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 26, 1899 On this day, dear garden friends,  a tale of botanical ambition and scalding mishap unfolded in the steaming wilderness of Yellowstone, where two young men learned that Mother Nature’s garden…

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