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Centenarian and Purdue University Botanist Sam Postlethwait on the Celery Bog Nature Area
“Every morning, Sam wakes up and looks out his window at the three different ecosystems before him: the prairie, the woods, and the celery bog.” April 17, 2018 On this day, Sam Postlethwait, a retired Purdue University botany professor, turned 100. His apartment overlooks the Celery Bog Nature Area. Every morning, Sam wakes up…
Read MoreApril 17, 2019 William Cullen Bryant, Double Take Plants, John Tradescant the Elder, Graham Stuart Thomas, James McBride, Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer, Gilbert White, Mignonette, Sam Postlethwait, and the Celery Bog Nature Area
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Monologue William Cullen Bryant wrote, “There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes…
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