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February 11, 2022 Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Oklahoma State Flower, JA Bates, William Morris’s Flowers by Rowan Bain, and Eliza Calvert Hall

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Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1715 Birth of Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, British aristocrat, naturalist, and botanist. Known as Maria to friends, she amassed an…

The Duchess of Curiosities: Margaret Cavendish Bentinck and Her Botanical Empire

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 11, 1715 Dearest reader, On this day, the world welcomed a remarkable woman destined to leave an indelible mark upon the realms of botany and natural history—Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland.…

Margaret Cavendish Bentinck: The Duchess of Portland and Her Portland Rose Legacy

Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1715-1785).

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 11, 1715 Dearest reader, On this day, let us step back into an era both grand and curious, to celebrate the birth of a remarkable woman – Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of…

February 11, 2021 Gardening for Health, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Should Botany Be Taught In Schools, Saving the Sakura, Darwin’s Most Wonderful Plants by Ken Thompson, and Garden-Inspired Verses About Love

Margaret Cavendish Bentinck: The Duchess of Portland and Her Great Botanical Collections

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The Duchess of Portland Today is the birthday of the British aristocrat, naturalist, plant lover, and botanist Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland. Her family and friends called her Maria. Maria married when she was 19 years old. Together, she and William Bentinck had five children; one of their sons became prime minister twice. When…

February 11, 2020 Penelope Hobhouse, Fertilizer Numbers, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, William Shenstone, Charles Daubeny, Winter Poems, A Botanist’s Vocabulary by Susan K. Pell and Bobbi Angell, Jute Twine, and February Folklore