You may know Beatrix Potter as the author and illustrator of one of the world's most cherished children’s book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, but did you know she was a world-class conservationist, a prize-winning sheep breeder, and an expert mycologist? 

In this talk you will learn all about her early influences, her incredible artistic talent, and the lifelong love letter to the charming English countryside and the small creatures that inhabited it that she portrayed so magically in her series of small books.