A Capital Idea: The Blossoming of America’s Botanic Garden

James Monroe, Portrait by Samuel Morse c. 1819

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 8, 1820 On this day in 1820, a seed of horticultural wonder was planted in the heart of our nation’s capital. President James Monroe, with a flourish of his pen, signed a…

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