Title: Beatrix
Potter’s Gardening Life.
Author: Marta
McDowell.
Genre: Nonfiction,
Gardening, Biography, Plants, Historical, Photography, England.
Plot: Beatrix
Potter is best known for her Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny tales {among
others}, but what some people might not know is that she was also a gardener
and a country girl at heart. McDowell takes us along as she dives into Potter’s
life, looking at her through the eyes of her gardens as they shaped and changed
her, influencing Potter’s famous stories. We tour her gardens ourselves,
spending all four seasons in them – particularly her famous Hill Top Farm. We
admire her gorgeous array of flowers; her carefully tended vegetable garden and
her orchards. We learn new depths to Potter’s character and we fall in love
with the outdoors, with gardening, with trees, flowers and the lush countryside
all over again, inspiring us anew to step away from our screens and take a deep
breath.
Likes/Dislikes: This
is a wonderful little book. I love it! On almost every page is a glossy
beautiful picture of a plant drawn by Potter herself, one of her beloved
characters, or gorgeous photographs of her gardens. I can’t wait to add this
book to my personal library and share it with my daughter as she grows up in
our garden.
Rating: G- all
ages. Highly recommended!
Date Review Written: February
23rd, 2015.
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