Gloria Galeano

Gloria Galeano

The Queen of the Palms April 22, 1958 Today is the birthday of the Colombian botanist and agronomist Gloria Galeano. Known as “The Queen of the Palms,” Gloria devoted her entire career to studying and classifying the palm family. A passionate teacher and researcher at the National University of Colombia, Gloria classified more than 260…

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April 22, 2019 Perennials, Tasha Tudor, Earth Day, August Wilhelm Eichler, Gloria Galeano, William Bartram Journal, Kew’s Gardener’s Guide to House Plants, Planting Trees and Shrubs, the Eichler Treasure Trove, and Peter Hirsch

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Children’s book writer and illustrator Tasha Tudor (Books by this author) once said, It’s exciting to see things coming up again, plants that you’ve had for 20 or 30 years. It’s like seeing an old friend. This made me think of the old saying; Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and…

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