Woman’s Work: The Revolutionary Taxidermy of Martha Maxwell

Martha Maxwell, an American naturalist, artist, and taxidermist who lived from 1831 to 1881.

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.…

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May 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

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee  Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community Monologue Why do you garden? This was a question posted in a Facebook group I belong to, and it received over 1,400 responses. The most popular were:…

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