Beatrix Potter’s Botanical by Marta McDowell - ISBN: 9781643264851
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Beatrix Potter’s hidden scientific talent blooming in art and stories.
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Beatrix Potter’s Botanical

The Art of Flowers and Fungi

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  • Hardcover

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    15 December 2026

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Summary

A rare collection of Beatrix Potter’s own botanical art, and an exploration of the role these plants played in her personal and literary life.

Beatrix Potter’s Botanical collects and showcases 65 plants and fungi that Beatrix Potter made special study of in her often-overlooked career as a botanical artist. For each species, we see Potter’s original pencil and watercolor renderings, learn about the specimen’s role in her various beloved gardens, and hear the stories of how it…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781643264851
ISBN-10:1643264850
Author:Marta McDowell
Publisher:Workman Publishing
Imprint:Timber Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:15 December 2026
Dimensions:203mm x 152mm
About The Author

Marta McDowell

Marta McDowell’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, Woman’s Day, Country Gardens, and elsewhere. Her previous books include Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life, All the President’s Gardens, The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life, Unearthing The Secret Garden, and Gardening Can Be Murder. She consults for public gardens and private clients, writes and lectures on gardening topics, and teaches landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden, where she studied landscape design. She lives, writes, and gardens in Chatham, New Jersey.

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