Title & Author:

The meaning of gardens : idea, place, and action / edited by Mark Francis and Randolph T. Hester, Jr.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1990.

Description:

ix, 283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-273) and index.
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 -- 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 -- Garden from region / Terry Harkness -- Minimalist gardens without walls / Peter Walker with Cathy Deino Blake -- Parking gardens / Paul Groth -- Nature in the urban garden / Kerry J. Dawson -- Spring, summer, fall, and winter / Florence Krall -- Objets trouvés / Paul Shepard -- Immigrant gardens on a mining frontier / Arnold R. Alanen -- Shared backyard gardening / Deborah D. Giraud -- Valued places / Marcia J. McNally -- Social meanings of residential gardens / Christopher Grampp -- Garden of the world / Randolph T. Hester, Jr. -- 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 gardens stories / Mark Francis -- Reliquary / Chip Sullivan -- 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 -- A garden story / Evelyn Lee.
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Summary:

"Gardens reveal the relationship between culture and nature, yet in the vast library of garden literature few books focus on what the garden means - on the ecology of garden as idea, place, and action. The Meaning of Gardens maps out how the garden is perceived, designed, used, and valued. Essays from a variety of disciplines are organized around six metaphors special to our time - the garden muses of Faith, Power, Ordering, Cultural Expression, Personal Expression, and Healing. Each muse suggests specific inspirations for garden and landscape design."--pub. desc.

ISBN:

0262061279 (hardcover)
9780262061278 (hardcover)
0262560615 (paperback)
9780262560610 (paperback)

Subject:

Gardens Symbolic aspects.
Gardens Social aspects.
Gardens Religious aspects.
Gardens Design.
Jardins Aspect symbolique.
Jardins Architecture.
Jardins Aspect social.
Jardins Aspect religieux.
landscape gardening.
Gardens
landschapsarchitectuur
landscape architecture
tuinen
ontwerp
design
esthetische waarde
aesthetic value
filosofie
philosophy
kunst
arts
landschap
landscape
taxatie
valuation
landschapsbouw
landscaping
Tuinen

Form/genre:

Congress
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

Francis, Mark, 1950-
Hester, Randolph T., Jr., 1944-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 52817
Call No.: ID:90-B1631
Status: Available