May 23, 2022 Carl Linnaeus, Thomas Hood, Georgiana Molloy, Louisa Yeomans King, The Less is More Garden by Susan Morrison, and Eric Carle

The Daily Gardener · May 23, 2022 · 16m

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1707 Birth of Carl Linnaeus (books about this person), Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician.

Carl was a fan of flowers early on in his life. As a young child, his mother gave him flowers to soothe him whenever he was upset.

On May 1st, 1753, the publication of his masterpiece Species Plantarum changed plant taxonomy forever. The work gave Linnaeus the moniker Father of Taxonomy; his naming…