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Beatrix Potter´s Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children´s Tales
Marta Mcdowell
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Description for Beatrix Potter´s Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children´s Tales
Hardback. A fascinating look at the gardens that helped inspire the settings for Beatrix Potter's stories. Num Pages: 339 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; DSY; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 798.
A New York Times Bestseller
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
790g
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781604693638
SKU
V9781604693638
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-9
About Marta Mcdowell
Marta McDowell lives, gardens, and writes in Chatham, New Jersey. She consults for public gardens and private clients, writes and lectures on gardening topics, and teaches landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden, where she studied landscape design. Her particular interest is in authors and their gardens, the connection between the pen and the trowel.
Reviews for Beatrix Potter´s Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children´s Tales
'There are photographs here that I have never seen before of Beatrix and her gardens, and delicious watercolours of rose hips, violets, clematis and honeysuckle, snapdragons and waterlilies.' (Alan Titchmarsh, The Telegraph)