How has the environment in which Mary has lived affect her personality?

Nature plays a considerable role in shaping the events of the story and its characters. The world of the Yorkshire moor—a land of pure, free nature—is very influential in bringing life back to Mary, whose budding love for nature is said to “blow the cobwebs” of apathy from her brain. Nature is what joins Mary together with new friends Dickon and Ben Weatherstaff, who work together to enliven the secret garden. Nature, more specifically the gardens, also serves as the meeting grounds for Mary and Colin to form a powerful alliance that ultimately delivers great healing to the entire Craven household.