How Nell Gwyn Won Bestwood Park: A Garden History Tale

Unknown woman thought to be Nell Gwynn by Peter Lely

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 14, 1687 Today in garden history, we remember Eleanor “Nell” Gwyn, who died at the age of 37 in her Pall Mall house in London. Known as “pretty, witty Nell” by diarist…

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The Day the Earth Burped: Solway Moss’s Dramatic Eruption of 1771

River Esk at Arthuret, near the location of the Battle of Solway Moss

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 17, 1771 On this day, nature unleashed a most peculiar and terrifying spectacle that would have made even the most stoic of gardeners tremble in their muddy boots. The ancient Solway Moss,…

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