The Philosophy of Gardening
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The Philosophy of Gardening

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The Philosophy of Gardening

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For philosophizing gardeners and anyone who likes to pick up a spade and get their hands dirty Gardeners discover a new world every year—whether they're cultivating heirloom vegetables, foraging for wild herbs, creating a small permaculture garden on a city balcony, or maintaining a plot for self-sufficiency.But why garden at all? These personal essays by writers, designers, and master gardeners dig into gardening's philosophical dimensions and tend to the aesthetic, cultural, political, and sociological implications of gardens and the people who keep them.Originally published in German, this delightful volume addresses gardening's most deep-rooted questions and highlights the magic that, year after year, makes us pick up a shovel and get back into the garden.Awarded the German Garden Book Prize in the Best Garden Prose Category"What is remarkable is that the publication project is something very individual… the spectrum ranges from the 'plea for weeds' to the 'metaphysics' of the garden to urban gardening and garden shows, and the realization that gardens are 'hopelessly ambivalent'—all in all a very interesting volume." – Jury Citation

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Publisher
Invisible Publishing
Year
2022
ISBN
9781988784762
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Horticulture
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Info
  3. Translator’s Note
  4. I’m in the Garden—In Lieu of a Foreword
  5. Leaves That Mean the World—How We Express Our Relationship to the World in the Garden
  6. Among Garden Friends
  7. A Plea for Weeds
  8. In Praise of the Unassuming
  9. Planting, Saving, and Propagating Heirloom Vegetables
  10. Gardening in Tune with Nature
  11. On the Metaphysics of the Garden
  12. Urban Permaculture—City Gardening with a Hidden Agenda
  13. Gardening is Commoning
  14. Learning by Digging—What You Can Learn from Community Gardening
  15. Garden Shows as Driving Force—The Staging of Urban Green Spaces
  16. Let It Grow
  17. A Green Thumb Requires Your Whole Hand