Posts Tagged ‘historic trees’
Robert Buist: The Scotsman Who Shaped American Gardens
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 14, 1805 Robert Buist, florist and nurseryman was born near Edinburgh, Scotland. Trained at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Buist emigrated to Philadelphia in 1828 at age 23, where he would become…
Read MoreRoyal Follies and Fruitful Mistakes: The Mulberry Legacy of Thomas Gainsborough
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 2, 1788 On this day, dear garden friends, we remember the inimitable master of landscapes and portraits, Thomas Gainsborough, who departed this mortal canvas on this very day in 1788. While the…
Read MoreRoyal Roots: The Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cedar
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 24, 1977 On this day, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, commemorating her Silver Jubilee (twenty-five years of waving and ribbon-cutting, one presumes), had the wisdom to plant a Cedrus Atlantica Glauca—the Blue…
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