Posts Tagged ‘Swedish botanists’
From Ashes to Immortality: Olaus Rudbeck’s Botanical Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 17, 1702 Dearest garden enthusiasts, today we honor a man whose dedication to botanical knowledge quite literally walked through fire, and whose legacy blooms in every Black-Eyed Susan that graces our gardens.…
Read MoreThe Fungus Among Us: Celebrating Elias Magnus Friesz
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 15, 1794 My darling dirt-diggers and mushroom-mad companions, today we celebrate the birth of a most remarkable man, one Elias Magnus Friesz, who graced this earth with his presence on this day…
Read MoreBlooms and Binomials: Celebrating Carl Linnaeus’ Botanical Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 23, 1707 On this day, a babe was born who would grow to become the most meticulous gardener in history. Not content with merely tending to plants, he would go on to…
Read MoreClassifying the Centuries: Gustavus Adolphus College Honors Linnaeus
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 25, 2007 On this day, dear readers and fellow devotees of botanical classification, Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota held its second Linnaeus Symposium, a grand affair titled “Linnaeus @ 300.” Can you…
Read MoreElsa Beate Bunga: The Countess Who Defied Botanical Boundaries
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 18, 1734 On this day, dear readers and fellow admirers of botanical mavericks, we celebrate the birth of Elsa Beate Bunga, a Swedish botanist who was, to put it mildly, quite the…
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