Henry Teuscher

Heinrich (Henry) Teuscher (May 8, 1891 in Berlin – August 9, 1984, in Toronto) was a landscape architect, horticulturalist and botanist best known for having designed the Jardin Botanique de Montreal. He was also its first curator.

Teuscher (center) with Marie-Victorin Kirouac, 1936

Professional recognition

Teuscher won the 1953 AHS Professional Award from the American Horticultural Society, as well as the 1962 Liberty Hyde Bailey Award,^[1] and the American Public Gardens Association's 1978 Award for Merit.^[2] The genus of orchids Teuscheria is named for him.^[3]