The $5.5 Million Garden Album: Empress Josephine’s Botanical Treasure

Pierre-Joseph Redouté

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 15, 1985 On this day, a phenomenal piece of botanical history changed hands at Sotheby’s auction house: Empress Josephine’s personal copy of Pierre-Joseph Redouté’s (pee-AIR zho-ZEFF reh-doo-TAY) botanical watercolors for “Les Liliacées”…

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Walter Crane: The Artist Who Captured Our Garden’s Secret Society

Walter Crane

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 15, 1845 My dearest garden confidantes, on this splendid summer day in history, our horticultural heritage was forever enriched by the birth of Walter Crane in Liverpool. A magnificent addition to our…

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