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Emily Dickinson era un'attenta osservatrice del mondo naturale. Meno noto è il fatto che era anche un'appassionata giardiniera, che inviava mazzi di fiori freschi agli amici e nelle sue lettere fiori pressati. Nella casa famigliare di Amherst, Massachussetts, curava un piccolo giardino d'inverno insieme al grande giardino intorno alla dimora. In "Emily Dickinson e i suoi giardini", Marta McDowell scandaglia la profonda passione che l...

A selection of medicinal plants from Elizabeth Blackwell's 'A Curious Herbal'"--

Since 1800, the 18 acres surrounding the White House have been an unwitting witness to history. Kings and queens have dined there, bills and treaties have been signed, and presidents have landed and retreated. Through it all, the grounds have remained not only beautiful, but also a powerful reflection of American trends both horticultural and just plain cultural.In All the Presidents' Gardens, Marta McDowell reveals the untold history of the W...

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With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners, and ready-made burial sites, gardens make an ideal scene for the perfect murder. But the outsize influence that gardens and gardening have had on the mystery genre has been underappreciated. Now, Marta McDowell, a writer and gardener with a near-encyclopaedic knowledge of the genre, illuminates the many ways in which our greatest mystery writers, from Edgar Allen Poe to authors on to...

A complete edition of the first herbal published by a woman artist--which has a remarkable backstory

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Marta McDowell has revealed the deep connection between plants and gardening and some of our most cherished authors, including Beatrix Potter, Emily Dickinson, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. In her latest, she does the same with Frances Hodgson Burnett, the author of the classic chidren's book The Secret Garden.Unearthing The Secret Garden starts by chronicling Frances Hodgson Burnett's childhood and early life, with a focus on her growing interest...

From New York Times-bestselling author McDowell comes an illustrated exploration of how gardening and plants inspired one of the most beloved poets of all time.

“This well-researched, sweeping book details the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder and those who came before her. It is clear that the different landscapes—Wisconsin, Kansas, the Ozarks—shaped them, particularly Laura and ‘Pa.’ The original art of Garth Williams and Helen Sewell deepens the poignancy and power of Laura’s prairie, since today only one percent of it survives. Laura’s work has preserved it for us. This book preserves it for us.” —Patr...

“Yes I have lots of flowers, I am very fond of my garden, it is a regular old fashioned farm garden, with a box hedge round the flower bed, and moss roses and pansies and black currants and strawberries and peas. . . . I have tall white bell flowers I am fond of. . . . next there will be phlox, and last come the michaelmas daisies and chrysanthemums. Then soon after Christmas we have snowdrops, they grow wild and come up all over the garden an...

Hail to the red, white, and blue—and green!   From the most momentous events in our nation’s history to our fleeting cultural obsessions, the White House grounds have been a mirror of America. With wit and insight, garden historian Marta McDowell traces the fascinating story of how our presidents and their families have left their imprint upon the eighteen acres surrounding the executive mansion. Far more than just an account of Lincoln’s goat...