Frances Hodgson Burnett: When I first imagined the Secret Garden, I did not set out to write a book about plants. I set out to write about what was withering in children’s hearts—and what might bring those hearts back to life. I had seen too many young ones, like Mary and Colin, lost not to death but to silence, to neglect, to a world too busy or broken to … [Read more...] about The Secret Garden Within: Healing, Growth, and Connection