Beatrix Potter’s Botanical
The Art of Flowers and Fungi
$46.80
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2026
Summary
Beatrix Potter’s Botanical
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 gar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781643264851 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1643264850 |
| Author: | Marta McDowell |
| Publisher: | Workman Publishing |
| Imprint: | Timber Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 152mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
“Don’t let Beatrix Potter’s charming illustrations on the cover of this book fool you into thinking it’s a light weight work. Marta McDowell’s deeply researched exploration of Beatrix Potter as a pioneering botanical artist and budding scientist is her second book on the subject and is well worth a read.” –The English Garden
“In a beautiful tribute to Potter, McDowell pays attention to Potter’s growth as an artist, thinker, and creative through the garden she began cultivating at age 40.”–Library Journal, Starred Review
Marta McDowell
Marta McDowell’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, Woman’s Day, Country Gardening, and elsewhere. Her previous books include Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life, All the Presidents’ 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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