This week: The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Magnificent: The Secret Garden at Great Maytham Hall in Rolvenden, KentAuthor Frances Hodgson Burnett was born in Manchester. It was here that the seeds for The Secret Garden were sown as she unearthed a forgotten, ivy-strewn garden and planted hundreds of roses to rescue it. Villages across North Yorkshire play up The Secret Garden connection. The five-acre Helmsley Walled Garden, beneath the crumbling ruins of Helmsley Castle, is all Victorian vine houses, restored for authenticity (helmsleywalledgarden.org.uk).

Source: Daily Mail July 04, 2020 21:00 UTC