Ada Hayden: lowa Botanist and Prairie Preservationist

Ada Hayden, an American botanist, educator, and preservationist.

The Iowa State Botanist Today is the birthday of botanist Ada Hayden. Ada was the curator of the Iowa State University herbarium. As a young girl growing up in Ames, Iowa, she fell in love with the flora surrounding her family’s home. Ada was a talented photographer, artist, and writer, and she put all of…

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Wildflowers and Wind: How Ada Hayden Saved Iowa’s Native Flora

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This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 14, 1880 On this day, my darling prairie enthusiasts, a true champion of nature’s wilder gardens was born into our world. The year was 1880, and little did anyone know that the…

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