The Meaning of Gardens: Idea, Place, and Action

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Part 1 Faith: the garden as metaphor, Clare Cooper Marcus nature is more than a garden, Ian L. McHarg thoughts occasioned by the Old Testament, Achva Benzinberg Stein in the trail of the serpent - a theological inquiry, Robin Matthews. Part 2 Power: flowers, power, and sex, Robert B. Riley radical growth - how the garden commandeers meaning in Colette's The Cat, Ann Leone Philbrick united we sprout - a Chicago community garden story, Rebecca Severson power plays, Marc Treib landscaping the unconscious, Dean MacCannell. Part 3 Ordering: garden from region, Terry Harkness minimalist gardens without walls, Peter Walker and Cathy Deino Blake parking gardens, Paul Groth nature in the urban garden, Kerry J. Dawson spring, summer, fall, and winter, Florence Krall objects trouves, Paul Shepard. Part 4 Cultural expression: immigrant gardens on a mining frontier, Arnold R. Alanen shared backyard gardening, Deborah D. Giraud 96 valued places, Marcia J. McNally social meanings of residential gardens, Christopher Grampp garden of the world, Randolph T. Hester, Jr. Part 5 Personal expression: personal dreams and pagan rituals, Robert L. Thayer, Jr Harvey Fite's opus 40 - from private garden to public art work, Deborah W. Dalton the everyday and the personal - six garden stories, Mark Francis reliquary, Chip Sullivan. Part 6 Healing: Grace Marchant and the global garden, Gray Brechin today into tomorrow - an optimistic view, Garrett Eckbo restorative experience - the healing power of nearby nature, Rachel and Stephen Kaplan gardening as healing process Charles A. Lewis gardens are good places for dying, Catherine Howett. Postscript: a garden story, Evelyn Lee.

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