Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life

The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children's Tales

Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Gardening, Essays, Travel, Europe, Great Britain, Biography & Memoir, Literary
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Author: Marta McDowell ISBN: 9781604695427
Publisher: Timber Press Publication: October 8, 2013
Imprint: Timber Press Language: English
Author: Marta McDowell
ISBN: 9781604695427
Publisher: Timber Press
Publication: October 8, 2013
Imprint: Timber Press
Language: English

A New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the Garden Writers Association Gold Award

There aren’t many books more beloved than The Tale of Peter Rabbit and even fewer authors as iconic as Beatrix Potter. Her characters—Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, and all the rest—exist in a charmed world filled with flowers and gardens. In* Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life*, bestselling author Marta McDowell explores the origins of Beatrix Potter’s love of gardening and plants and shows how this passion came to be reflected in her work. The book begins with a gardener’s biography, highlighting the key moments and places throughout her life that helped define her. Next, follow Beatrix Potter through a year in her garden, with a season-by-season overview of what is blooming that truly brings her gardens alive. The book culminates in a traveler’s guide, with information on how and where to visit Potter’s gardens today.

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A New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the Garden Writers Association Gold Award

There aren’t many books more beloved than The Tale of Peter Rabbit and even fewer authors as iconic as Beatrix Potter. Her characters—Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, and all the rest—exist in a charmed world filled with flowers and gardens. In* Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life*, bestselling author Marta McDowell explores the origins of Beatrix Potter’s love of gardening and plants and shows how this passion came to be reflected in her work. The book begins with a gardener’s biography, highlighting the key moments and places throughout her life that helped define her. Next, follow Beatrix Potter through a year in her garden, with a season-by-season overview of what is blooming that truly brings her gardens alive. The book culminates in a traveler’s guide, with information on how and where to visit Potter’s gardens today.

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