About this event
Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic The Secret Garden has inspired generations of readers to cultivate their own bit of earth, including author Marta McDowell. She still thrills as she recalls reading about Mary Lennox turning the key in the door to the locked garden for the first time. Join Marta for this book talk that explores Burnett's life, work, and her passion for flowers and gardening.
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Guest speaker
Marta McDowell AuthorG
Marta McDowell teaches landscape history & horticulture at NY Botanical Garden & is a consultant. She authored Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life, All the Presidents' Gardens, Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life, & Unearthing The Secret Garden. Her husband summed up her bio as "I am, therefore I dig."
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Team member
Grace Anderson (she/her) Education Specialist - Science Educator @ United States Botanic GardenT
U.S. Botanic Garden
The U.S. Botanic Garden inspires people to appreciate, study, and conserve plants to enrich society locally and globally.
