Let’s Cultivate Curiosity
Bartram R. Bear represents three generations of the “First Family of Botany in America”. The botany movement consisted of farmers, politicians, and explorers who were passionate about native plants. The function of illustration and written classifications of trees and flora led the Bartrams to identify and classify over 1800 plant species. John Bartram created the first seed and plant shipping enterprise from America to England and Europe. William Bartram, his son, was an explorer and illustrator whose writing focused on plants and the people he encountered. William became the instructor for his niece Ann Bartram Carr who continued in the family tradition. Let’s remember that William walked throughout the ‘Blue Ridge’ where he was introduced to Flat Rock!
The nineteenth year of Bearfootin’ Art Walk bears were revealed to the public and on May 14th they got cozy in their spots along Main Street Hendersonville.
Name: Bartram R. Bear
Sponsor: Dames de Jardin—
Artist: Rob Ashley—Asheville Artisans, LTD.
Non-Profit: Historic Flat Rock, Inc.
Bartram R. Bear can be enjoyed on Main Street in Hendersonville,
at the at the corner of Second and Main across second from the courthouse.
