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In the novels of Jane Austen, the outdoors plays a role almost as important as her characters. Jumbled cottage gardens, formal town gardens and huge estates provide the backdrop for everyday life.
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2025 marks 250 years since the birth of Jane Austen (16 December 1775) – arguably one of the greatest novelists that ever lived.
Jane Austen loved gardens. She had a keen interest in flowers and kitchen gardening and described gardens in her novels and letters. Learn about the flowers and gardens of Jane Austen’s world—from her personal cottage garden to the grand estates that she visited and wove into her novels.
Presenter: Jana Milbocker. Jana is a garden designer, author, and speaker, based in Metro West Boston, Massachusetts.
She has been an avid gardener and plant collector for more than 25 years. She loves to visit gardens and historic sites in the U.S. and abroad, and share her trips through photos and prose. She also lectures at flower shows, horticultural societies, garden clubs, and libraries in the Northeast.
Jana has an MBA from Boston College and Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University. She spent 28 years working in graphic design and marketing before turning her gardening passion into a career in 2010. She now designs residential properties as owner of Enchanted Gardens.
Jana published her first book, "The Garden Tourist: 120 Destination Gardens and Nurseries in the Northeast", in 2018. Her second book, "The Garden Tourist’s New England", is a companion to the first book and features notable private gardens and off-the-beaten-path destinations for passionate gardeners.
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