Olaus Rudbeck Archives

September 17, 2021 E Is For Evergreen, Olaus Rudbeck, Hugh Macmillan, Patrick Synge, Kate Morton, Thus Spoke the Plant by Monica Gagliano, and Elizabeth Enright

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From Ashes to Immortality: Olaus Rudbeck’s Botanical Legacy

Olaus Rudbeck painted in 1696 by Martin Mijtens the Elder

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 17, 1702 Dearest garden enthusiasts, today we honor a man whose dedication to botanical knowledge quite literally walked through fire, and whose legacy blooms in every Black-Eyed Susan that graces our gardens.…

The Preakness Stakes and the Timeless Tale of the Black-Eyed Susan

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 27, 1873 On this day, Baltimore’s splendid Pimlico Race Course played host to the inaugural Preakness Stakes—a race destined to become the darling of the Triple Crown, running its course two weeks…

Olaus Rudbeck: The Voice, the Fire, and the Black-Eyed Susan

Olof Rudbeck the Elder (1630-1702), a prominent Swedish scientist and polymath.

Renaissance Man Today is the anniversary of the death of Olaus Rudbeck, who died on this day in 1702. Olaus Rudbeck was born in Sweden. He was a “Renaissance man.” He contributed to medicine, especially anatomy. Rudbeck was a professor at the University of Uppsala, where he taught medicine, botany, mathematics, astronomy, and architecture. One…

September 17, 2019 Planting Iris like Mom with Rebecca Stoner Kirts, Olaus Rudbeck, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, Peter Barr, The Milkweed Poem, Hot Color Dry Garden by Nan Sterman, Pumpkin Care, and the Story of a Grass Reader

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Monologue Listener Rebecca Stoner Kirts recently shared a photo in the Facebook Group of her transplanted iris, along with an enchanting caption. She wrote: Mom’s 50 year…

Professor Olaus Rudbeck: How He Made Botany a Popular with Upsala University Students

“He prepared a public display of his collection and put together a lecture about the collection of new seeds and roots he had brought from his travels abroad. But the students at the time thought botany was a topic for old ladies or apothecaries or pharmacists, and they derided anyone with interest in the subject…