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For #InternationalPlantAppreciationDay, meet our Dichorisandra! #MargaretMee painted this in the Amazon, but today, this member of the spiderwort family can be found in our greenhouse! Visit our newest exhibit Margaret Mee: #PortraitsOfPlants online: https://t.co/QDLZ1AygLx.
What a purrrfect cutie for #NationalPetDay! This little #cat is held by Anna Barnes Bliss (mother of our cofounder Mildred) at Casa Dorinda, her winter home near Santa Barbara, CA: https://t.co/kDxkXaFaN8.
📷: 1920-1935.
#Caturday #MuseumFromHome #FromTheArchives #CatsOfTwitter
Want #MiddleSchool & #HighSchool resources for #DistanceLearning?
#Science meets history and art with our #PortraitsOfPlants ecosystem lesson plan: https://t.co/q68xkQwyv6. Worksheets & more under "Tours & Resources."
🌿: Lafoensia densiflora, Johann Emanuel Pohl, #19thCentury.
"...and right
before my eyes, I see that what I thought
unspeakable was more than this, was hope."
—Rafael Campos, poet, doctor, & @harvardmed professor
🌿Recent photos in our #Garden to thank the healthcare workers supporting us. #MuseumsThankHealthHeroes
#NationalPoetryMonth
On #NationalDoctorsDay, more thankful than ever for healthcare workers, who join a long tradition of keeping us from harm and injustice.
📷: 1733 German book of pharmaceutical plants for #doctors, #MedicalStudents, #pharmacists, & more. Explore: https://t.co/HJ0We6u4jD.
#HistMed
Our Garden's designer #BeatrixFarrand decided to avoid what society expected of her and pursue her passion for #GardenDesign. #Farrand grew renowned for her #LandscapeArchitecture work & was a @NationalASLA founding member. Meet her: https://t.co/dLjpjKefLx.
#WomensHistoryMonth
Landscape architect #RuthHavey began working with #BeatrixFarrand in 1928, and her designs and #Rococo sensibilities shaped our #garden through 1967. She considered the Pebble Garden her masterpiece. Meet Ruth Havey: https://t.co/Sf0kUz3XL9.
#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory
Artist & environmentalist #MargaretMee made stunning #PortraitsOfPlants from the Amazon. Explore our #OnlineExhibit on Mee & 400 years of women botanical artists: https://t.co/Nqp9rYA4fM.
We're proud to keep highlighting #5WomenArtists even as we #MuseumFromHome. @WomenInTheArts
Though we weren't lucky enough to find a #FourLeafClover 🍀in our collections for #StPatricksDay, here are lovely watercolor leaves in our French herbarium manuscript, possibly #18thCentury. Explore this & 100+ other digitized #RareBooks: https://t.co/RQDOj5jPQ0.
#MuseumFromHome
The city of #BuenosAires, Argentina, was founded #OnThisDay in 1536. Our cofounders the Blisses lived in the city for a number of years, notably when Robert served as ambassador. Here he poses with the British Chamber of Commerce in Argentina sometime in 1929-1933. #sundayfunday