Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The Secret Garden brochure....?

Okay i have to make a brochure for the Secret Garden book. This is what the directions say.. "The garden in this story was based on a real garden from the author's life. Design a tourist brochure that describes the place and encourage thourist to visit it. Include pictures of the garden in the brochure." So yeaa.. Please help, I cant find the plants and flowers. I have a few but not enough. It would also be nice if you could give me the info about them if you want.. but ill do that if you dont want to. [:


thanks!

The Secret Garden brochure....?
This might help. Roses were important in the Secret Garden; I've just scanned through the first few chapters and found that Mary discovered, on her first visit, the little green shoots that would grow into snowdrops and crocuses for spring.





"They're bulbs," answered Martha. "Lots o' spring flowers grow from 'em. Th' very little ones are snowdrops an' crocuses an' th' big ones are narcissuses an' jonquils and daffydowndillys. Th' biggest of all is lilies an' purple flags. Eh! they are nice. Dickon's got a whole lot of 'em planted in our bit o' garden."





I can't read the rest of the book, but you could quickly scan it and see what other flowers would have been there. You can also make things up! Google Great Maytham Hall and see if there are any pictures - I found a few.





"At the time of her death, a friend wrote in a letter to The New York Times that the origin of the Secret Garden was Mrs. Burnett's rose garden at Great Maytham Hall, Kent.





Frances Hodgson Burnett, lived at Great Maytham Hall from 1898 to 1907, where she found the old walled garden dating from 1721 sadly overgrown and neglected. Aided by a robin, she discovered the door hidden amongst the ivy, and began the restoration of the garden, which she planted with hundreds of roses. She set up a table and chair in the gazebo, and dressed always in a white dress and large hat, she wrote a number of books in the peace and tranquility of her scented secret garden."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mayth...





Good luck!


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