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Henry Walter Bates
The Amazon Explorer April 14, 2020 On this day the book, A Naturalist in the Amazon: The Journals & Writings of Henry Walter Bates was published. Unlike many of his scientist friends and peers, Henry was entirely self-taught. Early in his career, Henry met the great English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. By 1848, Henry and Alfred left…
Read MoreApril 14, 2021 Austin Trees After the Freeze, Helene Cramer, Henry Walter Bates, Ernest Hemingway, James Sowerby by Paul Henderson, and Jim Zampini
Today we celebrate a German landscape and flower painter who was forbidden to paint by her father. We’ll also learn about a self-taught botanist who spent nearly a dozen years in the Amazon rainforest. We hear an excerpt about spring from the man who wrote A Farewell to Arms. We Grow That Garden Library™ with…
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The Amazon Explorer February 8, 1825 Today is the birthday of the self-taught British entomologist, explorer, and naturalist Henry Walter Bates. Unlike many of his scientist friends and peers, Henry was entirely self-taught. In the mid-1840s, Henry met the great English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who was one of the most intelligent scientific minds of…
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2021 The Gardening Doctor, John Ruskin, Henry Walter Bates, Winter Gardening Attire, Concrete Garden Projects by Camilla Arvidsson and Malin Nilsson and Jane Austen’s 1807 Letter to Her Sister Cassandra
Today we celebrate an English critic who wrote some of our most beautiful quotes about gardens, nature, and flowers. We’ll also learn about a dedicated English naturalist who lived in the Rainforest for eleven years and provided ample proof of Darwin’s theory of evolution. We hear words from a gardener and nursery owner about gardening…
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