Posts Tagged ‘mackinac island’
Botanical Adventure Canoes and Cataloguing: Thomas Nuttall’s Mackinac
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 29, 1810 On this day, dear garden friends, young Thomas Nuttall, a mere stripling of 24 years, embarked upon what one might call a most fortuitous botanical adventure. With the audacity that…
Read MoreFirst Footprints in Flora: How Thomas Nuttall Discovered Michigan’s Botanical Treasures
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 12, 1810 On this day, young Thomas Nuttall, a mere twenty-four years of age and fresh from England’s shores, departed Philadelphia by coach on what would become a most remarkable botanical adventure.…
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