Posts Tagged ‘Ludwig Leichhardt’
October 23, 2024 The Autumn Garden, William Casson, Annie Lorrain Smith, Neltje Blanchan, Katharine Stewart, Life in the Garden by Bunny Williams, and Ludwig Leichhardt
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 1796 William Casson, English botanist, seed merchant, and local historian, was born. 1854 Annie Lorrain Smith, British lichenologist and textbook author, was born.…
Read MoreThe Tree That Kept Time: Ludwig Leichhardt’s Last Garden
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 23, 1813 It was on this day in 1813, as autumn leaves were turning in Prussia, that Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt was born. And oh, what a reminder his story is of…
Read MoreMay 20, 2022 National Pick Strawberries Day, Ludwig Leichhardt, Tulips by Joseph Breck, Pi Beta Ph spring party, Cuke Season in Blackville, Garden Maker by Christie Purifoy, and Dahlia Facts
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 National Pick Strawberries Day Here are a few fun facts about this beloved sweet fruit: The etymology of the name strawberry (books…
Read MoreThe Vanishing Botanist: Ludwig Leichhardt’s Australian Odyssey
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 20, 1846 On this day, dear readers, we find ourselves transported to the vast, sun-drenched landscapes of Australia, where the Prussian botanist Ludwig Leichhardt (books about this person) penned a poignant letter…
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Prince of Explorers Today is the birthday of the Prussian botanist Ludwig Leichhardt who was born on this day in 1813. Leichhardt is remembered for his impressive and arduous collecting efforts in Australia. For his part, Leichhardt loved Australia. He wrote, “I would find it hard to remain in Germany, or even in Europe, now.…
Read MoreOctober 23, 2019 An Inspiring Home Landscape by a Forest, Budburst.org, Ludwig Leichhardt, Annie Lorrain Smith, François-André Michaux, Bonnie Templeton, Neltje Blanchan, New Vegetable Garden Techniques by Joyce Russell, Harvesting Black Walnuts, and Ernest Thompson Seton
Today we celebrate the young botanist who disappeared in Australia 171 years ago and the pioneering female lichenologist who worked for the British Museum but was never officially on the payroll. We’ll learn about the French botanist who had a life-long love affair with the trees of North America and the Los Angeles woman who…
Read MoreMay 20, 2019 Knives in the Garden, National Pick Strawberries Day, Horatio Hollis Hunnewell, Chelsea Flower Show, Paul Martin’s Lazy Salad Days, John Milton’s Song on a May Morning, Wild Fruits by Thoreau, Edge Gardening, and Ludwig Leichhardt
Have you ever used a knife as a garden tool? Serrated knives are my favorite to use in the garden. The word serrated has Latin origins meaning “saw shaped”; think of the serrated edges of Maple leaves. If you are a thrift shopper, at Goodwill, they keep most of the donated knives in a case…
Read MoreThe Young Plant Explorer Ludwig Leichhardt and his Doomed Trip to the Australian Wilderness
“Botanical and geological specimens thus abandoned-how disappointing! From four to five thousand plants were thus sacrificed…” May 20, 1846 On this day, the German botanist Ludwig Leichhardt wrote a letter to his botanist contact and friend, Gaetano Leone Durando, in Paris. Ludwig’s letter conveys the extreme difficulties and dangers faced by the early plant explorers.…
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