November 11, 2020 Jean-Baptiste Van Mons, Elizabeth Coleman White, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Galileo, Foraged Flora by Louesa Roebuck and Sarah Lonsdale, and Nathaniel Wallich
Today we celebrate a botanist who gave us one of my favorite quotes about plant breeding.
We'll also remember the fantastically driven woman who dreamed of providing blueberries to the nation… and her dream came true.
We review some words about November by Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of the Anne of Green Gables series, as well as a charming quote about the sun by Galileo.
We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book on floral arranging with foraged cuttings that's both artistic and modern.
And then we'll wrap things up with a fascinating letter from a Danish botanist working in Calcutta…
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