Gardening with Peter Rabbit: A Gardening Set

by Jennie Walters, Beatrix Potter (Illustrations)

A gardening book divided into sections according to the seasons features kids' favorite cotton-tailed vegetable lover and shows young gardeners how to grow carrot ferns, make a cress hedgehog, create a fairy Christmas tree, and more.

Hardcover

First published March 1, 1992

About the author

Jennie has always been interested in stories. She was constantly making them up as a child, studied English at university and worked in publishing before leaving to write books of her own. Author of the Swallowcliffe Hall series for young adults, she also writes historical fiction for adults under the name of Daisy Wood. Cecil and Claude, the heroines of 'What We Did in the War' first crept into her head during a Creative Writing MA at City University in London, and she has been rewriting their story ever since - approximately a hundred years. Now finally here it is: a true labour of love!

Reviews

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very nice little book for beginning gardeners, young and old! Full of project ideas and helpful information.

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book intrigued me both since of the Beatrix Potter name but also since as a rule of life I don't have a green thumb. I would be the "Big Bad Wolf" of the plant kingdom with all my floral neglect and serious ignorance of the care of all these plants even though my heart has always been in the right place.

Instead this book although made I believe with children in mind is also possibly a good lure for adults who want to learn but have no idea where to start. There is a really awesome introduction that answers questions for readers while giving them a list of all the things that you will need whether you are interested in indoor or outdoor gardening or maybe even both.

What also helped was that each chapter was a season while seasonal projects were put down that could be done while in parenthesis it emphasized the months to get those project started. Keeping in the simplistic format the book would list all the plants and tools that were required for that project before giving an easy explanation and directions on how to get your plant started by the follow-up when that plant has reached a certain stage.

Some of the projects were given further diagrams to help them out in details for those who may not quite understand what may be going on or needing a visual boost. Meanwhile the rest of book was filled with illustrations from Beatrix Potter mostly (although I honestly wish most of them had been left in color).

All in all it is a great starter book and one that could help lead to family project ideas. And all gardeners - children and adults alike - will truly enjoy the benefits that a thriving garden project may bring into their homes or yards.