Posts Tagged ‘Oak’
Remembering 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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