On the Necessity of Gardening - An ABC of Art, Botany and Cultivation empathy In the opinion of her

In the opinion of her superbly gifted translator Michael Hofmann

During this period

' - Yoshifumi Miyazaki

from the brilliant young writer Ellena Savage

And in our own lives

On the Necessity of Gardening - An ABC of Art, Botany and Cultivation empathy In the opinion of her'On the Necessity of Gardening' tells the story of the garden as a rich source of inspiration. Over the centuries artists, writers, poets, and thinkers have each described, depicted, and designed the garden in different ways. In medieval art, the garden was a reflection of paradise, a place of harmony and fertility, shielded from worldly problems. In the eighteenth century this image tilted: the garden became a symbol of worldly powers and politics.