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1) Beatrix Potter's gardening life: the plants and places that inspired the classic children's tales
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Focuses on Beatrix Potter's life as a gardener, exploring the origins of her love of gardening and plants and how this passion came to be reflected in her work, and creating characters such as Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck, and Benjamin Bunny.
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In this revealing exploration of Laura Ingalls Wilder's deep connection with the natural world, Marta McDowell follows the wagon trail of the beloved Little House series. You'll learn details about Wilder's life and inspirations, pinpoint the Ingalls and Wilder homestead claims on authentic archival maps, and learn how to grow the plants and vegetables featured in the series. Excerpts from Wilder's books, letters, and diaries bring to light her profound...
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New York Times bestselling author Marta McDowell has revealed the way that plants have stirred some of our most cherished authors, including Beatrix Potter, Emily Dickinson, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. In her latest, she shares a moving account of how gardening deeply inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett, the author of the beloved children's classic The Secret Garden.
In “Unearthing the Secret Garden”, McDowell delves into the professional and gardening...
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Emily Dickinson was a keen observer of the natural world, but less well known is the fact that she was also an avid gardener, sending fresh bouquets to friends, including pressed flowers in her letters, and studying botany at Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke. At her family home, she tended both a small glass conservatory and a flower garden.
In “Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life”, award-winning author Marta McDowell explores Dickinson's deep...
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