Posts Tagged ‘greenhouse gardening’
Starting a Garden: The Playful Spirit and Pragmatic Wisdom of Cheryl Merser
by Cheryl Merser As with most occupations, there are different ways to approach the garden. The absolutely right way to start a garden, for instance, is to bulldoze your whole yard, then, according to a friend of mine, a brilliant (if obsessive gardener), spend some time in it naked in the middle of the night,…
Read MoreGilbert L. Campbell: The Orchidist Who Turned His Passion into Greenhouses
Floral Cartoucherist November 12, 1972 On this day The Greenville News shared an article called Orchidist Finds Hobby Versatile. The orchidologist was Gilbert L. Campbell. During six years of collecting, Gilbert amassed more than 300 plants – in addition to a library of orchid reference materials. Orchid lovers can grow orchids all year long indoors in their…
Read MoreCharles Sumner Lambie: Denver Engineer and Orchid Enthusiast
The Rare Orchid Breeder On this day, the Amarillo Daily News ran an article featuring Charles Sumner Lambie, who was a Denver area civil engineer by day and a rare orchid breeder by night. Charles grew up in Pittsburgh, tending the family garden. He later married Margaret McCandless, and together they raised nine children. As…
Read MoreMichael Schuck Bebb: America’s Willow Expert and Prairie Botanist
Fountaindale Paradise Today is the anniversary of the death of the Ohio-born botanist and Willow Expert Michael Schuck Bebb, who died on this day in 1895. In 1896, Walter Deane wrote a biography of Bebb’s life in the Botanical Gazette. The biography included a fantastic photo of Bebb, who had sideburns that extended below his…
Read Moreby Day, Blooms by Night: Blueprints The Double Life of Botanist Charles Lambie
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 11, 1941 On this day, the Amarillo Daily News saw fit to illuminate the double life of one Charles Sumner Lambie, a man who spends his daylight hours commanding the rigors of…
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