Posts Tagged ‘Missouri Botanical Garden’
The Geodesic Genius: Celebrating R. Buckminster Fuller
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 12, 1895 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of a most extraordinary individual, one Richard Buckminster Fuller. An American polymath of the highest order, Fuller graced this world with…
Read MoreJanuary 4, 2021 Invasive Garlic Mustard, Stephen Hales, Johanna Weterdijk, Eleanor Perenyi, Winter Garden Thoughts, A Life in Shadow by Stephen Bell, and Garden Trivia for National Trivia Day
Today we celebrate an English botanist who discovered which way sap flows in plants. We’ll also learn about a female Dutch botanist who fought for equity and is now remembered as a trailblazer. We’ll remember a thoughtful and witty garden writer whose only book became a garden classic. We hear some thoughts on the garden…
Read MoreWildflower Whisperer The Botanical Legacy of Edgar Denison: Missouri’s
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 14, 1993 Oh, my darling petal-pushers! Today marks the anniversary of the departure of that most magnificent botanical soul, Edgar Walter Denison, who enchanted Missouri with his wildflower wisdom. Our beloved plant…
Read MoreGreen Legacy: How Henry Shaw’s “Little Ones” Transformed American Gardens
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 24, 1800 On this day, the illustrious Henry Shaw drew his first breath upon this mortal coil – a man whose green thumbs would later transform the botanical landscape of America with…
Read MoreA Botanist Uprooted: The Passing of Edgar Shannon Anderson
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 18, 1969 On this day, we bid farewell to Edgar Shannon Anderson, a botanical genius whose life withered like an autumn leaf after years of brilliant bloom. Your devoted correspondent finds it…
Read MoreSeeds of Greatness: The Day Henry Shaw Arrived in St. Louis
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 3, 1819 On this day, the young botanist and future philanthropist Henry Shaw arrived in St. Louis, a moment that would forever alter the botanical landscape of America. One might say…
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