March 25, 2022 Lady Day, Nehemiah Grew, Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro, Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, The Violets of March Sarah Jio, and Filoli

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 Botanical History On This Day March 25 marks Lady Day, the Feast of the Annunciation, honoring the Virgin Mary. The Marigold, or “Mary’s gold,” symbolizes strength, light,…

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Nehemiah Grew: The Father of Plant Anatomy and Master of Microscopic Botany

Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712), an English physician and botanist known for his pioneering work in plant anatomy.

The Father of Plant Anatomy March 25, 1641 Today is the birthday of the Father of Plant Anatomy, Nehemiah Grew. Nehemiah was an English botanist and was the first person to illustrate the inner structures and functions of plants in all their amazing intricacies. Specifically, Nehemiah illustrated eighty images in his 1682 book called Anatomy…

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