| − | As a child, Dormon developed a great interest in plants and wildlife. She was educated at the [[Baptist]]-affiliated Judson College in Marion, Perry County, [[Alabama]], from which she received a bachelor's degree in literature and [[art]]. She taught for several years in Louisiana schools, and then re-established her home at Briarwood in 1918. She then began to collect and preserve native trees and shrubs. | + | As a child, Dormon developed a great interest in plants and wildlife. She was educated at the [[Baptist]]-affiliated Judson College in Marion in Perry County, [[Alabama]], from which she received a bachelor's degree in literature and [[art]]. She taught for several years in Louisiana schools, and then re-established her home at Briarwood in 1918. She then began to collect and preserve native trees and shrubs. |