Relating to Nature

We cultivate flowers in gardens, but how might we also use them to cultivate and express love? How closely connected are wealth, quality of life, and healthy environments?  These are just some of the questions that might occur to you while exploring this section on the Brownings’ relationships to and through nature.

Click the links below to navigate through the exhibits in this section.

• “These Flowers I Lay:” The Browings’ Affectionate Plants
• “Ruins worse than Rome’s”: Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Fight Against Environmental Inequality