Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life
Subtitle: the plants and places that inspired the classic children's tales
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9781604693638
Description: "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"--
Table of contents: title: Part one : Beatrix Potter, her life as a gardener.; title: Germination; title: Offshoots; title: Flowering; title: Roots; title: Ripening; title: Setting seed; title: Part two : The year in Beatrix Potter's gardens.; title: Winter; title: Spring; title: Summer; title: Autumn; title: Part three : Visiting Beatrix Potter's gardens; title: Beatrix Potter's plants; title: Notes & further reading