Posts Tagged ‘Pennsylvania’
February 3, 2021 Jellicoe’s Shute House Masterpiece, Carl Ludwig Blume, the Huckleberry, White Snakeroot, Both by Douglas Crase, and Celebrating Sidney Lanier
Today we celebrate a man with, perhaps, the perfect last name for a botanist: Blume. We’ll also learn about a wild berry that is a sister to the blueberry and the cranberry. We hear some words about the devastating impact of the poisonous White Snakeroot on the family of one of our American Presidents. We…
Read MoreCelebrating Landscape Architect Robert Fenton and His Early Fight to Plant a Tree
“After two weeks of discussions, City Attorney David Stahl said the tree was cut down and hauled away by City Forester Earl Blankenship in the middle of the night. Robert came to work and was shocked to discover the tree gone, cut down to the ground.” July 19, 1933 On this day, Landscape Architect Robert Fenton…
Read More