Novels and Nature: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Flowering World

Elizabeth Gaskell miniature by William John Thomson, 1832. She loved the dog rose

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 29, 1810 Today we celebrate that most earnest observer of gardens and humanity, Elizabeth Gaskell, whose pen moved as deftly between social commentary and nature’s beauty as she moved between her writing…

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