Posts Tagged ‘Oak’
Frances Bickelhaupt: The Arboretum Maker Who Restored Trees in lowa
The Bickelhaupt Arboretum April 28, 1916 Today is the birthday of the arboretum-maker Frances Bickelhaupt. Frances is remembered for the arboretum that she and her husband Robert created around their family home in Clinton, Iowa. During the 1960s and 1970s, Robert and Frances watched in dismay as Dutch Elm disease claimed the beautiful Elm-lined streets…
Read MoreRemembering Florida Botanist Alvan Wentworth Chapman: an Apalachicola Naturalist and Namesake of the Chapman Botanical Garden
“If [you are] really anxious to make [plant] discoveries… buckle on your knapsack and make a tour of Florida.” April 6, 1899 Today is the anniversary of the death of the botanist and physician Alvan Wentworth Chapman. Alvan spent the last fifty years in Apalachicola, in territorial Florida. Alvan adored botany and devoted all his…
Read MoreOak by William Bryant Logan
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Oak by William Bryant Logan This book was written in 2006. As a professional arborist and award-winning nature writer, William captures the reciprocal relationship between humans and oak trees for centuries. Oak is a fascinating book; William’s prose sometimes reads almost like poetry. In the book, William even…
Read MoreOak by William Bryant Logan
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Oak by William Bryant Logan This book was written in 2006. As a professional arborist and award-winning nature writer, William captures the reciprocal relationship between humans and oak trees for centuries. Oak is a fascinating book; William’s prose sometimes reads almost like poetry. In the book, William even…
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