Posts Tagged ‘Joseph Trimble Rothrock’
April 9, 2026 Joseph Trimble Rothrock, Phebe Lankester, Dan Pearson, The Naturally Beautiful Garden by Kathryn Bradley-Hole, and Winifred Fortescue
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Patreon Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Today’s Show Notes Hi there, and welcome to The Daily Gardener — an almanac of garden history, literature, and small botanical joys. I’m Jennifer Ebeling, and…
Read MoreJoseph Trimble Rothrock: The Father of Forestry and Champion of Penn’s Woods
A Call to the Great Outdoors April 9, 1839 Today is the birthday of the American environmentalist and botanist Joseph Trimble Rothrock. Plagued by sickness as a child, Joseph felt called by the great outdoors, “I just had to go to the woods. Throughout my entire life, I have sought the out of doors as…
Read MoreApril 9, 2021 Derek Jarman on Gardening, Joseph Trimble Rothrock, Phoebe Lankester, E. J. Scovell, How to Houseplant by Heather Rodino, and Sidewalk Chalk Tree Labels
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 Growing Through Grief: Derek Jarman on Gardening as Creative Redemption, Consecration of Time, and Training Ground for Presence | Brain Pickings | Maria Popova Botanical…
Read MoreHumphrey Marshall: America’s Forgotten Father of Dendrology
The Father of American Dendrology November 5, 1801 Today is the anniversary of the death of the botanist Humphrey Marshall. The Marshalls were cousins to the Bartrams – their mothers were sisters. Humphrey’s cousin, John Bartram, was known as the “Father of American Botany” after establishing the country’s first botanical garden, and he ignited…
Read MoreAsa Gray: Pioneer American Botanist, Harvard Professor, and Early Supporter of Darwin
The Father of American Dendrology November 5, 1801 Today is the anniversary of the death of the botanist Humphrey Marshall. The Marshalls were cousins to the Bartrams – their mothers were sisters. Humphrey’s cousin, John Bartram, was known as the “Father of American Botany” after establishing the country’s first botanical garden, and he ignited…
Read MoreHumphrey Marshall: America’s Father of Dendrology and Botanical Explorer
The Father of American Dendrology November 5, 1801 Today is the anniversary of the death of the botanist Humphrey Marshall. The Marshalls were cousins to the Bartrams – their mothers were sisters. Humphrey’s cousin, John Bartram, was known as the “Father of American Botany” after establishing the country’s first botanical garden, and he ignited…
Read MoreA Life Among Giants: Joseph Trimble Rothrock and His Beloved Trees
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 9, 1839 On this day, Joseph Trimble Rothrock made his entrance into the world—a man destined to transform from a sickly child into the formidable “Father of Forestry.” The irony, dear readers,…
Read MoreApril 9, 2019 Phebe Lankester, James Sowerby, Joseph Trimble Rothrock, Asa Gray, Louis Agassiz, Gardeners Question Time, Charles Baudelaire, Katie Daisy, the Toronto Archives, and Joseph Sauriol
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’s thought is precisely that: How we think when we garden. Emerson wrote: Blame me not, laborious band, For the idle flowers I brought; Every aster…
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