Posts Tagged ‘Martha Maxwell’
Woman’s Work: The Revolutionary Taxidermy of Martha Maxwell
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 31, 1881 This day marks the passing of one Martha Maxwell, that diminutive yet formidable force in the realm of taxidermy, who departed this earthly plane on this very day in 1881.…
Read MoreMay 31, 2019 Why Do You Garden, Charles McIlvaine, Virginia Woolf, Martha Maxwell, Walt Whitman, This Compost, Photo Friday, Hosta Inventory, Calvin Lamborn and the invention of Sugar Snap Peas
Why do you garden? This was a question that was posted in a Facebook group I belong to, and it received over 1400 responses. The most popular were: it’s calming to bring beauty into my life to connect with nature healthy food There’s another benefit that many people often overlook: staying physically active. If you…
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