Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life

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

Ranked #38 in Gardening

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...
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