The Secret Garden (Cuppa Classics)

Where you tend a rose, my lad, A thistle cannot grow.’

Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden is a gentle yet moving tale of transformation, set on a lonely Yorkshire estate where neglect and sorrow have taken root. When spoiled and solitary Mary Lennox is sent to live at Misselthwaite Manor, she discovers a hidden, locked garden, and with it, the possibility of friendship and change. Alongside the warm-hearted Dickon and her ailing cousin Colin, Mary begins to learn how patience, care, and companionship can alter lives.

Blending nature, imagination, and emotional growth, the novel shows how tending the earth can also shape those who tend it. The Secret Garden remains a much-loved classic, rooted in the belief that change comes through effort, not chance.