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Gerard van Swieten
Swietenia: The Genus of Mahogany May 7, 1700 Today is the birthday of the Dutch botanist Gerard van Swieten. As Swieten turned 40 years old, Empress Maria Theresa inherited the Habsburg Empire. She had much to do to get her kingdom in shape. When it came to medicine, Austria was about 200 years behind its…
Read MoreMay 7, 2021 This Year’s Garden Trends, Gerard van Swieten, the Brontë Sisters, Kurt Vonnegut on Six Seasons, Inspired by Nature by Hans Blomquist, and Rabindranath Tagore
Today we celebrate a Dutch botanist who helped advance the cause of medicine and botany in Austria. We’ll also learn about the Brontë sisters on the anniversary of their first published work. We hear an excerpt from Kurt Vonnegut on his thoughts on why there should really be six seasons. We Grow That Garden Library™…
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The Father of Physiology It’s the birthday of the Dutch botanist Gerard van Swieten, born on this day in 1700. As Swieten turned 40 years old, Empress Maria Theresa inherited the Habsburg Empire. She had much to do to get her kingdom in shape. When it came to medicine, Austria was about 200 years behind…
Read MoreMay 7, 2019 Deep Dives in the Garden, Gerard van Swieten, Rochester Parks Commission, RHS Radish Trial, Henry Teuscher, Bartram’s Garden, Rabindranath Tagore, Penelope Lively, Life in the Garden, Garden Trials, and Charles Darwin
Gardeners love to fall in love with plants. We can fall so hard that we tune out other possibilities for our gardens. Then, in a fascinating twist, our deep dives can suddenly stop, and often, they are followed by a pivot. I started out like a shrub gardener. Then, I made a pivot to annuals…
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