Gentle Julia: The Adventurous Life of Julia Wilmotte Henshaw

Julia Wilmotte Henshaw

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 19, 1937 On this day, Julia Wilmotte [will-MOT] Henshaw, Canadian botanist, geographer, writer, and political activist, died. Her remarkable life reads like an adventure novel – from mapping Vancouver Island’s interior to…

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Nature’s Chronicler: How Grief Transformed Edwin Way Teale’s Work

Edwin Way Teale

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 1, 1923 On this day, dear garden friends, the botanist Edwin Way Teale joined hands in matrimony with his beloved Nelly Imogene Donovan, a union that would prove as enduring as the…

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