- This event has passed.
AT: Bexar Audubon Society – Ferdinand Lindheimer: From Political Exile to “Father of Texas Botany”
May 22 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
FreeHybrid, in person and by zoom. In person attendance limited seating.
About the Speaker: Betty Keese is a Comal County Master Gardener and Master Naturalist who moved back to Texas with her military spouse for the last time in 2010 and retired from her paying job as an education specialist at Ft. Sam Houston in 2015. She now enjoys working as a volunteer, especially with children. While still missing the shore birds found in her hometown of Corpus Christi, she has learned to appreciate the diversity of flora and fauna in South Central Texas. Of special interest are the native plant species discovered by Ferdinand Lindheimer. These plants continue to help ecologically minded folks create areas that thrive in harmony with nature. Lindheimer’s contributions to botanical knowledge spread well beyond the state borders to collections housed in institutions worldwide. Ms. Keese will discuss how Lindheimer transitioned from being a classically educated teacher in Germany to become an itinerant plant collector later known as the “Father of Texas Botany.” It is the fascinating story not only of a botanist, but a soldier, farmer, newspaper editor, publisher, and Comal County’s Superintendent of Instruction as well as its first Justice of the Peace.
By zoom: Click HERE to Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 827 0210 1171
Passcode: 872908
Find your local number to call in here
In-person at:
Alamo Colleges District
2222 N. Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78215
Please sign-up HERE
Log in VMS under AT: Audubon Lectures and Fieldtrips