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Jane Austen Garden Range of Gifts

   "I cannot call them gifts; but they are things that I have valued very much."  Harriet Smith in Emma.

Jane Austen Gifts

          If you're looking for something to value relating to Jane Austen, you've come to the right place.

          Something I value very much is my first visit to Jane Austen's House (aka Chawton Cottage).  I peeked over the the low stone wall into the charming garden, full of classic English flowers -- Sweet Peas, Nasturtiums and Foxglove.  I opened the gate and walked in, never dreaming that a few years later, I'd be working there as the first International Visitor for JASNA (The Jane Austen Society of North America.)

    Now, we can all visit Jane Austen's garden every day with this beautiful new range of gifts inspired by photographs taken by Chawton's gardener, Celia Simpson.

    Featuring botanical illustrations drawn from Celia's photos, plus a sepia-toned image of Jane Austen's House, many of the gifts also depict the classic sketch of Jane Austen drawn by her beloved sister Cassandra.

    Indulge in your passion for all things Jane with this new line of notepads, stationery, greeting cards, postcards, bookmarks and key rings, all in the signature 'Jane Austen's Garden' style.  PLUS:  wrap your gifts in the new Jane Austen wrapping paper.

    The Garden Range of Jane Austen gifts depicts flowers from Chawton Cottage: Muscari (grape hyacinth), Lathyrus (Sweet Pea), Papaver (poppy), Galanthus (snowdrop), Doronicum (Leopard's Bane), Fragaria (strawberry), Nasturtium, and Digitalis (foxglove).

     Some items, such as the postcards, depict all of these flowers.  Others, such as the bookmarks and key rings, depict one flower per item.  Please designate on your order form if you have a particular preference in flowers. For example, if your friend loves the strawberry picking scene in Emma, she'll want the Strawberry key ring.

    I'm pleased to announce that One Garden at a Time is the exclusive U. S. distributor of this new line of Jane Austen gifts.  They can be ordered only through this web site. 

Click Jane Austen Gifts to see all of the gifts.

Read Celia's "Garden Notes from Jane Austen's House" - available only on our web site:  click here

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