Garden Talk at Beatrix Farrand Garden: "Do You Know Jane Colden, America's First Woman Botanist?"

"Do You Know Jane Colden, America’s First Woman Botanist?"

For three hundred years after Colden’s birth, her story remained a mystery. Fenella Greig Heckscher, a retired New York physician now Hudson Valley native-plant enthusiast, became fascinated with this pioneer through her love of native plants and has unveiled Colden’s legacy as one of the country’s great botanists. She has published Jane Colden’s “Botanic Manuscript” and will share Colden’s amazing story.

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