November 14, 2024 A Second Spring, Nell Gwynn, John Custis IV, Gardens for the Soul by Sara Bird and Dan Duchars, and Robert Buist

The Daily Gardener · Nov 14, 2024 · 27m

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Botanical History On This Day

1687 Eleanor "Nell" Gwynn, died at the age of 37 in her Pall Mall house in London.

Known as "pretty, witty Nell" by diarist Samuel Pepys, she was one of the most celebrated figures of the Restoration period and a long-time mistress of King Charles II.

1749 John Custis IV, an American planter, politician, government official, and military officer, died.

His garden legacy has recently captured headlines…