Originally published in 1911, Frances Hodgson Burnett 's novel The Secret Garden remains a classic of children' s literature. The novel was inspired by the garden at വലിയ Maytham ഹാൾ ലെ, കെന്റ്, ഇംഗ്ലണ്ട്, എവിടെ Burnett lived for a number of years. There she developed a love for പൂന്തോട്ട: 'As long as one has a garden, one has a future, and if one has ഒരു ഭാവി, one is alive.'The concealed, fictional തോട്ടം in the novel symbolises the healing quality of nature. It serves as a magical പിന്മാറ്റം for both the fictional children and for the audience who enter into it via their imagination.
ഒരു green oasis, strewn with bluebells, ചീര, കുറ്റിച്ചെടികൾ, roses, and trees, the garden is walled in by solid, കല്ല് parameters. It can only be entered വഴി ഒരു വാതിൽ set into the tall അതിരുകൾ ഈ കോട്ട. The garden is only unlocked for the public ' s perusal a few times a year, making ആല all the more mysterious and ഭാവി.