Posts Tagged ‘Plant’
November 16, 2021 Virtual Herbariums, Laurel Hill, Root Crop Preservation in 1835, Odoardo Beccari, Louise Driscoll, Marsha Mehran, Plant by Phaidon Editors, and Elizabeth Coblentz
Today in botanical history, we celebrate Laurel Hill and Root Crop Preservation in 1835. We’ll also remember the botanist who discovered the Titan arum and a little poem about the November garden by Louise Driscoll. We’ll hear an excerpt from Pomegranate Soup. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a beautiful garden book from 2016. And…
Read MorePlant by Phaidon Editors
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Plant by Phaidon Editors This book came out in 2016, and the subtitle is Exploring the Botanical World. This book is gorgeous. You might remember it – it’s got a black background and then a simple blossom design where each of the leaves is made with a different fabric…
Read MoreArt for Gardeners: American painter and illustrator Maxfield Parrish’s Iconic Print Called The Botanist
“In his raised right hand, he is holding a plant, and in his left hand, he is clutching a magnifying glass.” July 18, 1908 On this day, a Maxfield Parrish Print called The Botanist appeared on the cover of Collier’s magazine. The iconic image shows a full-length profile of a man wearing a long…
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