March 8, 2022 André Michaux, Michael Foster, Elizabeth Lawrence, Private Gardens of Santa Barbara by Margie Grace, and Joseph Pla

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1746 Birth of André Michaux (books about this person), French botanist and explorer.

André grew up on a royal farm in Satory south of Versailles. His father trained both he and his brother in horticulture, and after his father died, André carried on at the farm. André married a prosperous farmer's daughter from a nearby farm named Cécile Claye. A month shy of their first wedding anniversary Cécile delivered a…