Just over a year ago, when we were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, I talked about the lack of diversity in space and mentioned Mary Jackson. In 2016, the movie Hidden Figures shared the stories of Mary Jackson and two other Black female mathematicians – Katherine Johnson and, Dorothy Vaughan. They worked at NASA when a ‘computer’ still meant a person carrying out mathematical calculations. The film is based on a book by Margot Lee Shetterly, which I am reading at the moment. The book offers a more detailed and accurate account of the prejudice these women (and others) had to overcome.
Blue Poppies of the Himalayas
01.08.2023 - 14:56 / gardenerstips.co.uk / hortoris
Blue Heaven: Encounters with the Blue Poppy by Bill Terry from amazon Bill Terry is a leading North American authority on Asiatic poppies relates his own encounters with the blue poppy and shows how, given a suitable climate, a patient and persistent gardener can raise this most alluring of perennial plants. The origins of Meconopsis are expounded along with comments about those who first discovered and grew the plants. A personal account, fun to read and adds to the collective knowledge.
Meconopsis the ‘hardy plant series’ is also still available via amazon
All that is Meconopsis is not blue:
The Meconopsis group link
‘Portraits of Himalayan Flowers’
‘The Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation’ has a good section on the ‘Blue Poppy’
Read Tips for Growing Meconopsis
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