Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life - by Marta McDowell (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Richly illustrated and filled with quotations from her books, letters, and journals, <i>Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life </i>is essential reading for all who know and cherish Beatrix Potter and her classic tales.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller</b> <p/> There aren't many books more beloved than <i>The Tale of Peter Rabbit</i> 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 <i>Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life</i>, 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. <p/> 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>"Yes I have lots of flowers, I am very fond of my garden, it is a regular old fashioned farm garden, with a box hedge round the flower bed, and moss roses and pansies and black currants and strawberries and peas. . . . I have tall white bell flowers I am fond of. . . . next there will be phlox; and last come the michaelmas daisies and chrysanthemums. Then soon after Christmas we have snowdrops, they grow wild and come up all over the garden and orchard, and in some of the woods." --Beatrix Potter</p><p>Beatrix Potter's characters--Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, and all the rest--exist in a charmed world filled with flowers and gardens. <i>Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life</i> 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. Richly illustrated and filled with quotations from her books, letters, and journals, it is essential reading for all who know and cherish Beatrix Potter's classic tales.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Stir your imagination. . . . a biography written through plants." --<i><b>The New York Times Book Review </b></i> <p/> "With wit and expertise, McDowell highlights the stamp of Potter's horticultural know-how on her indelible books and chronicles a year in her exuberant gardens to create a visually exciting, pleasurably informative appreciation of Potter's devotion to art and nature." --<i><b>Booklist </b></i> <p/> "A loving portrait." --<i><b>Better Homes and Gardens </b></i> <p/> "You will be charmed by this book." --<i><b>Gardens Illustrated </b></i> <p/> "A richly illustrated exploration of Beatrix Potter's evolution as an author-illustrator, gardener, sheep farmer and land preservationist." <i>--<b>Shelf Awareness</b></i> <p/> "Rarely does a gardening book blend such a rich love of nature, literature, home, and the magic of growing so beautifully. If you have a gardener in your life, this is the perfect holiday gift." --<i><b>Encore</b></i> <p/> "In her new book, <i>Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life</i>, Marta McDowell expands our knowledge of Miss Potter horticultural expertise and background, explaining what she grew and where. There are photographs here that I have never seen before of Beatrix and her gardens, and delicious watercolors of rose hips and violets, clematis and honeysuckle, snapdragons and waterlilies--with and without rabbits, frogs and guileless ducks." --<i><b>The Telegraph </b></i> <p/> "A volume rich with photographs and Potter's own enchanting sketches and watercolors." --<i><b>The Chicago Tribune </b></i> <p/> "McDowell brings to light a delightfully different side of the celebrated author. . . . The book recounts Potter's life through a gardening lens and is copiously illustrated with her sketches and watercolors of plants." --<i><b>American Gardener </b></i> <p/> "McDowell's book is beautiful in every way. The fascinating narrative is liberally illustrated with both photographs and Potter's original artwork, which includes botanical prints and paintings of gardens in addition to her iconic collection of children's illustrations." --<i><b>Cape Codder</b></i> <p/> "This is not an historical novel with a plot, but neither is it a mere documentary of facts. It is the perfect blend of both." --<i><b>Alaska Airlines Magazine </b></i> <p/> "You may well want to buy a copy to keep and several to give friends. . . . McDowell's well-researched book (including plant lists) is nearly as good as a visit to the farm. From a watercolor of Jemima Puddle-duck hiding from a fox among the foxgloves, to sepia photos of Potter strolling the garden paths on a frosty morning, the book is a visual delight." --<i><b>The Seattle Times </b></i><br>
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