title: Henry Teuscher
text: # 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.
  
  ## Professional recognition
  
  Teuscher won the 1953 AHS Professional Award from the American Horticultural Society, as well as the 1962 Liberty Hyde Bailey Award, and the American Public Gardens Association's 1978 Award for Merit. The genus of orchids Teuscheria is named for him.
  
  