Posts Tagged ‘Michigan flora’
Thomas Nuttall’s Botanical Journey: Discovering Michigan’s Flora on Mackinac Island
Adventures in Mackinac On this day, a 24-year-old botanist named Thomas Nuttal jumped in a birch bark canoe with Aaron Greeley, the deputy surveyor of the territory of Michigan, and they paddled to Mackinac Island arriving two weeks later on August 12. Thomas spent several days on Mackinac – He was the first real botanist…
Read MoreBotanical 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 MoreA Rose by Any Other Name: The Michigan Botanical Club’s Naming Saga
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 12, 1948 On this day, seventy-six years ago, a most intriguing horticultural drama unfolded in the verdant state of Michigan. It was then, that the esteemed Michigan Botanical Club finally embraced its…
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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