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Remembering Margaret Mitchell and the Botanical Aspects of Gone With the Wind

Margaret Mitchell arrives at the film premiere of Gone With The Wind in Atlanta, December 1939.

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 8, 1900 Margaret Mitchell, the American southern writer of Gone with the Wind, is born. Her friends and family called her Peggy. Margaret grew up in Georgia, surrounded by relatives who had…