Hattie Carthan was a rare breed as rare as the huge Magnolia grandiflora flourishing and blooming near her home in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, way north of its natural habitat.
And Carthan a transplant herself from Portsmouth, Va., 300 miles to the south stood tall and proudly for the huge flowering tree. She secured Living Landmark status for the endangered tree from the citys Landmarks Commission, and made it a rallying point for the founding of the Magnolia Tree Earth Center.
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Hattie Carthan was a rare breed as rare as the huge Magnolia grandiflora flourishing and blooming near her home in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, way north of its natural habitat.
And Carthan a transplant herself from Portsmouth, Va., 300 miles to the south stood tall and proudly for the […]
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