Marta McDowell explained

Marta McDowell is an American author.^[1]

She worked as a horticulturist for five years at the Reeves-Reed Arboretum.^[2]

She is on the Board of the New Jersey Historical Garden Foundation at the Cross Estate.^[2]

Books

• Unearthing The Secret Garden: The Plants and Places That Inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett (Timber Press, 2021)^[3]
• Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Iconic Poet (Timber Press, 2019)^[4]
• The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes that Inspired the Little House Books (Timber Press, 2017)^[5]
• All the Presidents' Gardens: Madison's Cabbages to Kennedy's Roses—How the White House Grounds Have Grown with America (Timber Press, 2016)^[6]
• A Curious Herbal: Elizabeth Blackwell's pioneering masterpiece of botanical art (editor) (Abbeville Press, 2023)^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marta McDowell to talk about her Laura Ingalls Wilder book on Feb. 24. Tricia. Vanderhoof. MyCentralJersey.com.
2. Web site: White House Gardens Are Home to Politics, Pleasures and Whimsy. April 14, 2016. New Jersey Monthly.
3. Web site: 'Unearthing the Secret Garden' Review: Seeds of a Classic. Meghan Cox. Gurdon. October 29, 2021. The Wall Street Journal.
4. News: 'Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life' Review: One Poet's Flower Album . Wall Street Journal . 27 September 2019 . Wisner . Geoff .
5. Web site: Nonfiction Book Review: The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes That Inspired the Little House Books by Marta McDowell . September 2017 .
6. Web site: 11 Things You Never Knew About the Presidential Gardens . 27 April 2016 .
7. Book: Blackwell, Elizabeth . Marta McDowell . A Curious Herbal: Elizabeth Blackwell's pioneering masterpiece of botanical art . Abbeville Press Publishers . New York . 2023 . 978-0-7892-1453-9 . 1333619714 .