The Heartland Series · SEASON 1
First Park Botanist
Episode 22

- Documentary
Episode overview
S01E22 — “First Park Botanist” Runtime: 3:24 Summary: Bill Landry tells the story of the first botanist of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and his work documenting the remarkable plant life of the Smokies. Through interviews, historic photographs, and walks through the forest, the segment recalls the early effort to identify and preserve the park’s extraordinary botanical diversity.
3 minutes
Season 1 episodes
1. Prologue1984-01-01
2. Ancestral Mountains
3. The Coves
4. Refuge
5. Megafauna
6. Early Man
7. Cherokee Dawn
8. Cherokee Zenith
9. The Flower Hunter
10. An American Genius
11. Crown Jewels
12. Lucinda
13. Comeback
14. School Days
15. Alien
16. Fishin'
17. Prophet of the Long Road
18. Homecoming
19. Pi Beta Phi School
20. Black Bears
21. Peace of Work
22. First Park Botanist
23. Walk in the Woods
24. A.D.'s Bear Stories
25. Heartland Christmas Special