In the first half, Patricia interviews Marta McDowell, a teacher of landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden and consultant for private clients and public gardens. She discusses her latest book, The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder, which tells the tale of the plants and places of the beloved author of the Little House series. Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series are both a coming of age story and a reflection of the pioneer spirit of the time. Considering Wilder’s life and her relationship to the natural world, McDowell illuminates our own relationship to the nat
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