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Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz: The Naturalist Who Cultivated Minds Instead of Gardens

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 27, 1907 On this day in garden history, we mark the passing of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, a woman whose intellectual blossoms were cultivated far from the soil we typically tend. While not…

Birds Know Best: The Ironic Tale of Audubon’s Resting Place

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 26, 1785 On this day, the remarkable John James Audubon took his first breath in Haiti—a man whose destiny would become so intertwined with our feathered friends that even in death, birds…

The Catskills’ Natural Philosopher: John Burroughs’ Garden Legacy

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 3, 1837 On this day, naturalist, poet, and philosopher John Burroughs (books by this author) was born on a humble dairy farm. His early education took place in a local schoolhouse, where…