Unearthing The Secret Garden

Unearthing The Secret Garden
Title Unearthing The Secret Garden PDF eBook
Author Marta McDowell
Publisher Timber Press
Pages 321
Release 2021-10-12
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1604699906

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Marta McDowell returns with a beautiful, gift-worthy account of how plants and gardening deepy inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of the beloved children's classic The Secret Garden.

Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life

Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life
Title Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life PDF eBook
Author Marta McDowell
Publisher Timber Press
Pages 341
Release 2013-11-05
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1604693630

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“An enchanting and original account of Beatrix Potter's life and her love of plants and gardening.” —Judy Taylor, vice president of the Beatrix Potter Society There aren’t many books more beloved than The Tale of Peter Rabbit and even fewer authors as iconic as Beatrix Potter. More than 150 million copies of her books have sold worldwide and interest in her work and life remains high. And her characters—Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, and all the rest—exist in a charmed world filled with flowers and gardens. Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life is the first book to explore the origins of Beatrix Potter’s love of gardening and plants and show 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, including her home Hill Top Farm in England's Lake District. Next, the reader follows 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.

Beyond the Secret Garden

Beyond the Secret Garden
Title Beyond the Secret Garden PDF eBook
Author Ann Thwaite
Publisher Prelude Books
Pages 302
Release 2020-08-06
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0715654195

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The definitive and revealing biography of the author of The Secret Garden. Frances Hodgson Burnett’s favourite theme in her fiction was the reversal of fortune, and she herself knew extremes of poverty and wealth. Born in Manchester in 1849, she emigrated with her family to Tennessee because of the financial problems caused by the cotton famine. From a young age she published her stories to help the family make ends meet. Only after she married did she publish Little Lord Fauntleroy that shot her into literary stardom. On the surface, Frances’ life was extremely successful: hosting regular literary salons in her home and travelling frequently between properties in the UK and America. But behind the colourful personal and social life, she was a complex and contradictory character. She lost both parents by her twenty-first birthday, Henry James called her "the most heavenly of women" although avoided her; prominent people admired her and there were many friendships as well as an ill-advised marriage to a much younger man that ended in heartache. Her success was punctuated by periods of depression, in one instance brought on by the tragic loss of her eldest son to consumption. Ann Thwaite creates a sympathetic but balanced and eye-opening biography of the woman who has enchanted numerous generations of children.

Glorious Shade

Glorious Shade
Title Glorious Shade PDF eBook
Author Jenny Rose Carey
Publisher Timber Press
Pages 325
Release 2017-04-19
Genre Gardening
ISBN 1604696818

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Turn a shady yard into a sumptuous garden Shade is one of the most common garden situations homeowner’s have, but with the right plant knowledge, you can triumph over challenging areas and learn to embrace shade as an opportunity instead of an obstacle. Glorious Shade celebrates the benefits of shade and shows you how to make the most of it. This information-rich, hardworking guide is packed with everything you need to successfully garden in the shadiest corners of a yard. You'll learn how to determine what type of shade you have and how to choose the right plants for the space. The book also shares the techniques, design and maintenance tips that are key to growing a successful shade garden. Stunning color photographs offer design inspiration and reveal the beauty of shade-loving plants.

Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life

Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life
Title Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life PDF eBook
Author Marta McDowell
Publisher Timber Press
Pages 375
Release 2019-10-01
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1604699752

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“A visual treat as well as a literary one…for gardeners and garden lovers, connoisseurs of botanical illustration, and those who seek a deeper understanding of the life and work of Emily Dickinson.” —The Wall Street Journal 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 passion for plants and how it inspired and informed her writing. Tracing a year in the garden, the book reveals details few know about Dickinson and adds to our collective understanding of who she was as a person. By weaving together Dickinson’s poems, excerpts from letters, contemporary and historical photography, and botanical art, McDowell offers an enchanting new perspective on one of America’s most celebrated but enigmatic literary figures.

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden
Title The Secret Garden PDF eBook
Author Frances Hodgson Burnett
Publisher
Pages 336
Release 1912
Genre Yorkshire (England)
ISBN

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A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

Secret Britain

Secret Britain
Title Secret Britain PDF eBook
Author Mary-Ann Ochota
Publisher Frances Lincoln
Pages 243
Release 2020-09-29
Genre History
ISBN 0711253463

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In this beautifully illustrated book, anthropologist and broadcaster Mary-Ann Ochota unearths more than fifty of Britains most intriguing ancient places and artefacts and explores the mysteries behind them.