Posts Tagged ‘On Harper’s Trail’
On Harper’s Trail by Elizabeth Findley Shores
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: On Harper’s Trail by Elizabeth Findley Shores This book came out in 2008, and the subtitle is Roland McMillan Harper, Pioneering Botanist of the Southern Coastal Plain. In this book, Elizabeth shares the first full-length biography of the 1878-born Roland McMillan Harper, an accomplished botanist, documentary photographer, and southern…
Read MoreMay 17, 2021 Mary Delany, Lord Byron, Dennis Potter, The Mitten Tree, On Harper’s Trail by by Elizabeth Findley Shores, and the First Color Photograph
Today we celebrate a woman who became a renowned floral artist late in life. We’ll also learn about an English poet and politician who loved nature. We’ll recognize some of the final sentiments about the wonder of nature from a television dramatist, screenwriter, and journalist. We hear an adorable excerpt about growing a mitten tree.…
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