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Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life
Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children's Tales | Marta McDowell
There arent 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 charactersPeter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, and all the restexist in a charmed world filled with flowers and gardens. Beatrix Potters Gardening Life is the first book to explore the origins of Beatrix Potters love of gardening and plants and show how this passion came to be reflected in her work. The book begins with a gardeners 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 travelers guide, with information on how and where to visit Potters gardens today. Richly illustrated and filled with quotations from her books, letters, and journals, it is essential reading for all who know and cherish Beatrix Potters classic tales.
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TheBookHippie
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#hyggehourreadathon

Pretending it‘s gardening time 💚

Cupcake12 I love the cushion design x 2w
AllDebooks 🌱🤞soon 🌱💚 2w
mabell I heard this author speak at the MO Botanical Garden! I gave this book to my mom last year 😊 She also wrote the Gardening Can Be Murder book @Chrissyreadit 1w
TheBookHippie @mabell I have the Emily Dickinson one as well. How fun you heard her speak!!! It‘s an amazing book! 1w
mabell I gave the Emily to my mom too! I enjoyed the author very much - She was quite an entertaining speaker 1w
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@AllDebooks THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING IN THIS PACKAGE! The 🍫 won't last long 😂

A yearly Xmas tradition in our house is to watch The Tailor of Gloucester, so I'm really excited for the tagged book to find out the meanings (although when I unwrapped it, I struggled to remember if there were any 💐 in the story! 😂)

The Fair Botanists has been on my radar for a while, so you've finally given me the motivation to read it 😂

AllDebooks So glad you like it. Enjoy x 3mo
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2. Rosalind Miles is my favourite writer of historical fiction

3. Steven Pinker

Sorry I'm a bit late, but thank you @DarkMina for the tag... and thanks @Eggs for this fun bit.

#wondrouswednesday

DarkMina You‘re welcome! 3y
Eggs You‘re welcome! And thanks for playing ❣️ I looked up R. Miles on amazon-the paperback is for sale at $954 !! 3y
SpiderGoddess @Eggs omg! Guess I should hold onto her works ..... tho I'm not one to usually get rid of books, especially my favorites! 🤣 3y
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I have to return this to the library today. It‘s a shame I can‘t keep it. The illustrations are gorgeous. Beatrix was a very talented woman in many ways.

TheAromaofBooks I could look at her artwork all day! 5y
sudi It does look beautiful 😍 5y
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mrsmarch
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Sleepy baby in a Peter Rabbit onesie...

I love Beatrix Potter's whimsical watercolors, and seeing how she took inspo from her own cottage garden just makes the heart feel A-OK with the world. Also a great reference for gardeners wishing to recreate a garden like hers, with a comprehensive list in the back of plants she had, plants named in her books, and plants she illustrated.

Smangela Great podcast called "The History Women" had an episode on Beatrix Potter! So interesting :) 7y
mrsmarch @Smangela @Pinkmeghan o podcast goddess, have you heard of this one? 7y
Pinkmeghan @Smangela @mrsmarch I have!!! It's been recommended to me before, I just never have time to conquer the backlist! 7y
Smangela @Pinkmeghan @mrsmarch I'm so behind on podcasts, I haven't listened in months 🙈 but this one has far less frequent episodes than most, so that I kind of like lol doesn't get overwhelming 7y
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Julsmarshall
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I love reading outside, especially in my back yard with my two pups 😄 #septphotochallenge #somethingforsept #readingoutside @RealLifeReading

DeeLew Sweet puppies! 💜🐶 8y
Librarianaut Gorgeous dogs!!! 8y
britt_brooke Cute pups! 😍😍 8y
LauraBeth This looks lovely 😀 8y
stacybmartin Such a beautiful yard - and adorable pups! 😍🐶 8y
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