Marianne Beuchert
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Marianne Beuchert (29 May 1924 in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen – 9 February 2007 in
Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...
) was a Frankfurt florist, gardener and writer. She is mainly noted for her work on Chinese Garden Art. Her publications include ''Die Gärten Chinas'' (1998), ''Symbolik der Pflanzen'' (1995) and ''Gärten am Reiseweg − Von Irland bis Portugal'' (1997). the latter were listed amongst the top five gardening books by the German Horticultural Society (''Deutsche Gartenbau-Gesellschaft''). She was a frequent contributor to the ''
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''. She ran a plant store in Frankfurt called ''Blumen-Beuchert'' on the Rathenauplatz, and was active in the work of the
Palmengarten The Palmengarten is one of three botanical gardens in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is located in the Westend-Süd district. It covers a surface of 22 hectares. It is a major tourist attraction. History Like many public sites in Frankfurt ...
, where she served as a member of the Board of Trustees (''Mitglied des Kuratoriums für den Erhalt des historischen Palmenhauses''). When she died in 2007 she bequeathed her estate in
Preungesheim Preungesheim is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the ''Ortsbezirk A ''Stadtbezirk'' (also called ''Ortsbezirk'' in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate) is an administrative division in Germany, which is part of a larger city. I ...
with its collection of plants, to the Palmengarten, however it has since been destroyed for housing.brauchte er nicht Palmengarten-Direktor durfte mit Beuchert′schem Anwesen nach eigenem Gutdünken verfahren. Frankfurter Neue Presse March 302 2010
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beuchert, Marianne German gardeners German women writers 1924 births 2007 deaths