Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children's Tales Free Audiobook Download by Marta Mcdowell

Plants and the outdoors played an important role in the life of author Beatrix Potter. Her most famous protagonists were two children with a penchant for gardening, Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck. Though she gave her stories to her publisher in 1901, much time passed before she completed writing them into books. It took ten years before the first book was published. Her interest in plants continued throughout her life and even included a botanical garden on the grounds of Hill Top Farm where she lived; a facility that still exists today.

If you love the classic children's tales of Beatrix Potter, her gardening life and the plants and places that inspire her, then this is a book for you. This audiobook tells the story of how Beatrix was inspired by all she saw around her in rural England. The narrator does a great job of bringing these stories to life with her narration. I recommend this audiobook to those who are interested in the great pioneers of gardening.

Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children's Tales is a fascinating journey through the garden of Beatrix Potter, a British author and artist. It's told by Henrietta Meire, an expert on plants who has studied the evolution of gardens throughout Europe.

The author of this book explores the life of Beatrix Potter in a way that also includes some of the plants and animals from her famous stories. The audiobook is read by Henrietta Meire, who was chosen for her British accent that helps to lend further authenticity to such a classic story.

This is one of the most beautifully written books I have ever read. The author has created such a detailed, rich and vibrant account of how Beatrix Potter went from a young girl who loved to garden as a hobby, to becoming an international sensation who was able to make her living from her passion. The prose is so evocative and so powerful that it's hard not to imagine yourself visiting all the gardens that Potter describes throughout this book.

Author Marta McDowell draws on her own and Beatrix Potter's personal garden experiences in her examination of the plants, places, and gardening practices that influenced the classic children's tales by one of England's best-loved authors.