Posts Tagged ‘San Diego’
Alfred Robinson’s Lath-House Design for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park
“Where was I? I had entered the Garden of Eden. Palms, ferns, flowering plants, and vines on all sides…” In researching Alfred Robinson, I ran across an article by Richard Amero and published by the San Diego History Center. The article shared Alfred’s grand dream for a large lath house for the Panama-California Exposition. San…
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2021 How to use More Foliage in the Garden, Anna Eliza Reed Woodcock, Alfred D. Robinson, The Tussie-Mussie, Fantastic Fungi by Paul Stamets, and a Botanical Dream for Balboa Park
Today we celebrate a charming woman who became known as the Apple Blossom Lady. We’ll also learn about the man who raised the best begonias in the world back in the early 1900s. We hear some thoughts on tussie-mussies. We Grow That Garden Library™ with an informative and delightful book about Fungi (“funj-eye”) – and…
Read MoreFebruary 16, 2021 Plant Selfishness, Townshend Stithe Brandegee, the New Jersey State Flower, Duck Hill Journal by Page Dickey, and the Remarkable Josephine S. Margetts
Today we celebrate a botanist of the American West and the husband of Kate Brandegee. We’ll also learn about the woman who created the legislation for the New Jersey State Flower, the Violet. We hear some words about the role of the botanist from one of our horticultural greats. We Grow That Garden Library™ with…
Read MoreRemembering California Botany’s Power Couple Townsend & Kate Brandegee on their Wedding Anniversary
“Their honeymoon was a 500-mile nature walk from San Diego to San Francisco. During their walk, they collected plant specimens.” May 29, 1889 On this day, the botany power couple Townsend Brandegee and Kate Curran were married. The two met during Townsend’s first trip to California. Townsend was introduced to Kate Curran, curator at…
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