
She tells him about the garden on the estate but Colin is uninterested. Back at the estate, Mary meets with Colin again as he talks about having a hunchback and not being able to walk. She leaves the garden as Mrs Medlock calls out for her.

Mary is then guided by a Robin to a stone statue within the garden which has a key to the garden within it. She helps Jemima, freeing her from the trap but the dog runs away into the garden. Later she finds Jemima's leg caught in a trap. Later, on the way home, she calls out to Martha's brother Dickon who fades within the mist of the moors. Mary continues exploring through the forest and finds a hidden garden by climbing a wall. The next day, Mary meets Lord Craven in his study and he tells her to not cause any trouble. Later that night, she hears tiny screams and wailings throughout the corridors only to find Lord Craven's bedridden son, Colin Craven. Mary is allowed to leave the house to explore the estate and woods nearby and stumbles upon a stray dog whom she names Jemima.

There, she meets Martha, a servant who is unsettled by her demands. Mary is instructed to not explore the house and is confined to her room at night. Upon arriving, she meets Mrs Medlock, a strict and firm lady who is Lord Craven's housekeeper and servant. She is an unpleasant, unkind young girl who has had to repress her own emotions whilst growing up in the Raj. Mary is sent to her uncle, Lord Archibald Craven's Misselthwaite Manor in Yorkshire, England. In 1947, Mary Lennox is found abandoned in her home in British India, her parents having died from cholera and her having been forgotten in the turmoil of Partition. The Secret Garden was released via premium video on demand in the United States on 7 August 2020 by STXfilms, and opened in theatres in the United Kingdom on 23 October by Sky, who also released the film on the Sky Cinema channels on the same day.

Set in 1947 England, the plot follows a young orphan who is sent to live with her uncle, only to discover a magical garden at his estate. Directed by Marc Munden and produced by David Heyman, it stars Dixie Egerickx, Colin Firth, and Julie Walters. The Secret Garden is a 2020 British fantasy drama film based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the fourth film adaptation of the novel.
