Posts Tagged ‘Lady Joan Margaret Legge’
February 21, 2022 Hieronymus Bock, John Henry Newman, Lady Joan Margaret Legge, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker by Ray Desmond, and Anaïs Nin
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1554 Death of Hieronymus Bock, German botanist, physician, and Lutheran minister, considered one of the fathers of modern botany. He tended the…
Read MoreLady Joan Margaret Legge: The Botanist Who Brought the Valley of Flowers to Light
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 21, 1885 Dearest reader, On this day, Lady Joan Margaret Legge (“LAY-gee”) entered the world, the youngest daughter of the sixth Earl of Dartmouth, and a soul both brave and gentle, as…
Read MoreLady Joan Margaret Legge: The Botanist Lost in India’s Valley of Flowers
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 4, 1939 Dearest reader, On this day, we pause to honor the life—and mark the untimely death—of Lady Joan Margaret Legge, whose passion for wild beauty drew her farther from home than…
Read MoreJuly 4, 2020 Installing a Temporary Garden, Dependence Day, Henry Bewley, Mary Dedecker, Lady Joan Margaret Legge, National Meadows Day, The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng, and Calvin Coolidge’s 52nd Birthday
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 Just moved? Build a Temporary Garden at Your New Home by Shawna Coronado “It’s a smart plan to set up a temporary garden at your…
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