Right from the beginning the stories included parks and gardens, and forests. Even so, Frances did well in school, and loved to write her own stories. The family considered themselves fairly well-to-do but her father died in 1853 and life became more and more difficult. Now Marta McDowell has brought us Unearthing the Secret Garden – The Plants & Places That Inspired Frances Hodgson Burnettįrances Hodgson Burnett was born in the outskirts of Manchester, England in November 1849. My favorite story was The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and I have never forgotten Mary, Colin and Dickon who discovered a secret, and untended garden. Lupinachi, who read to us every day after lunch. Ryle elementary school and fell in love with my 4th grade teacher, Mrs. My family moved from a Vermont farm to an apartment in Stamford, Connecticut. When Unearthing the Secret Garden by Marta McDowell showed up in my mailbox I was thrown back into the past. Marta McDowell gives us us a view of Frances Eliza Hodgson’s whole life, but the focus is on her book The Secret Garden and the gardens she created. Unearthing the Secret Garden by Marta McDowell
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