You’re listening to Preferred Company with Joel and friends! Today’s guest is Marta McDowell, author of ‘Unearthing The Secret Garden’. Marta has revealed the way that plants have stirred some of the most cherished authors, including Beatrix Potter, Emily Dickinson and Laura Ingalls Wilder. In her latest, she shares a moving account of how gardening deeply inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett, the author of the beloved children’s classic The Secret Garden. Marta paints an unforgettable portrait of a great artist and reminds us why The Secret Garden continues to touch readers after more than a century.