Posts Tagged ‘John Goldie’
John Goldie: Scottish Botanist and Pioneering Plant Explorer
The Glasgow Botanist Today is the anniversary of the death of the Scottish-born botanist and author John Goldie. He led an extraordinary life. He started as an apprentice at the Glasgow Botanic Garden. As a young man, another botanist bumped him off what was to be his first plant exploration. However, the botanical gods were…
Read MoreJuly 23, 2020 Garden Hose Love Hate, Mukdenia rossii ‘Crimson Fans’, St. Phocas, Frances Ropes Williams, John Goldie, Garden Poetry, Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening by Carol Wall, and Radish, Salmon, and Radish Green Salsa Verde Toasts
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News My Relationship With My Garden Hose | May Dreams Gardens “In the spring, we optimistically buy that big heavy hose that is guaranteed to last…
Read MoreMeriwether Lewis and the Douglas-fir: Early Discovery and Botanical Legacy
The Douglas-Fir Today Meriwether Lewis described a tree he referred to in his journal as “Fir No. 5.” The tree in question was the Douglas-fir. Later, on February 9, Lewis added more details about the fir and sketched the distinctive bract of the cone in his journal. On their way back across the northern Rocky…
Read MoreThe Botanical Odyssey of John Goldie: Scotland’s Persistent Plant Hunter
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 23, 1886 On this day, the botanical world bid adieu to John Goldie, a Scottish son of soil who exchanged his mortal coil for the great garden beyond. A man whose life…
Read MoreJuly 23, 2019 St. Phocas the Gardener, Frances Ropes Williams, John Goldie, Raymond A. Foss, The Living Landscape by Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy, Wedding Tulle, and Cashew Tarragon Pesto
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Monologue Today, Catholics honor St. Phocas the Gardener, who lived in Turkey during the third century. A protector of persecuted Christians, Phocas grew crops in his garden…
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