Versailles gardens Archives

Antoine Duchesne: The Botanical Genius Behind Your Strawberry Shortcake

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 7, 1747 On this day, dear readers and fellow cultivators of nature’s sweetest treasures, we celebrate the birth of Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, a French botanist, gardener, and professor whose work at Versailles…

The Man Behind the Modern Strawberry: Antoine Nicolas Duchesne’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. February 18, 1827 Dearest Gardeners, On this day, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (“do-shayn”) (books about this person), the renowned French botanist, gardener, and professor at Versailles, passed away. His pioneering work forever changed the way we know…

Antoine Nicolas Duchesne: The Botanist Who Created the Modern Strawberry

Strawberry Specialist Today is the anniversary of the death of the French botanist, gardener, and professor at Versailles, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (“do-Shane”). A specialist in strawberries and gourds, Duchesne was a student of Bernard de Jussieu at the Royal Garden in Paris. A plant pioneer, Duchesne recognized that mutation was a natural occurrence and that…