Posts Tagged ‘Thomas Meehan’
Remembering Botanist Thomas Meehan, his Brother Joseph, and Botanizing at Gettysburg
“A curatorial assistant named Elana Benamy was digitizing plant images at Drexel when she came across a milkweed specimen. What made her take a double-take was the date and location of the plant specimen. The plant was labeled ‘Battlefield of Gettysburg, August 20, 1863.'” November 19, 1901 On this day, the British-American nurseryman, botanist, and…
Read MoreNovember 19, 2019 German Garden Ideas, Christmas Cactus Care, Grave Gardening, Nathan Franklin Barrett, Calvert Vaux, Tennyson, John Tabb, Adventures of a Gardener by Peter Smithers, Place Cards, and Botanical Brothers at Gettysburg
Today we celebrate the co-founder of the American Society of Landscape Architects and a man who maximized his small space garden about 130 years before the rest of us. We’ll learn about the man who came to America to work with Andrew Jackson Downing, and then they both ended up dying by drowning 43 years…
Read MoreMilkweed and Memories: A Botanical Discovery at Gettysburg
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 20, 1863 On this day, dear readers, we find ourselves transported to a time of great turmoil and unexpected botanical discovery. The year was 1863, and the echoes of cannon fire had…
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