In April I spoke at the Los Angeles Arboretum in the appropriately named Arcadia, CA. Whoever created the publicity on their website christened my talk "Beatrix Potter for Adults." Here's a link, for as long as it stays active:The title is hilarious, as Beatrix Potter was far from X-rated. And of course, the Arboretum was differentiating this program from the next day's family-oriented activities.
The memory of my first visit to Hill Top Farm, her first garden, is golden. It was a sunny afternoon when, with a new husband and two aged parents, I walked up the flagstone path. (We had spent a week in Scotland with non-stop rain.) The cottage borders embrace the path, creating a long axis to the farmhouse. Beatrix Potter’s garden interests have a long axis as well, through her life story and through the legacy of British gardening.
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