#garden books

[godzilla-reads]

🍓 Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden by Reginald Arkell

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

“It was one of those mild autumn mornings when early mist had turned to soft rain and water dripped from everything.”

Herbert Pinnegar started out as a young boy obsessed with wild flowers, growing into a young gardener at a Lady’s estate, and eventually becoming Head Gardener and a judge at the county fair. This is his story.

Old Herbaceous, as the people call him, is a quaint and forward gardener who knows when he’s right and knows when he’s difficult. Following his life from chapter to chapter was such a treat and became emotional at the end as we see how age affects us and the difficulties of changing times.

My friend got me this book and I will reread it as I feel the need to experience the joys of the garden over again!

[fashionbooksmilano]

Lo specchio del Paradiso

L'immagine del giardino dall'Antico al Novecento

Marcello Fagiolo, Maria Adriana Giusti

RAS Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà, stampato da Amilcare Pizzi, Cinisello Balsamo 1996, 260 pagine, 25,5x31cm, copertina rigida con sovracopertina e custodia

euro 45,00

email if you want to buy booksinprogressmilano@yahoo.it

Sfondo di grandi rappresentazioni o ambiente figurato a sé stante, l'immagine del giardino è apparsa fin dall'antichità nel panorama artistico, assumendo nel tempo nuovi significati, quale pallido riflesso e traduzione dell'Eden, dell'aspirazione originaria dell'uomo all'armonia paradisiaca, del ritorno all'innocenza primitiva, o quale simbolo di un luogo felice fuori dal tempo, nostalgico rimpianto della mitica Età dell'Oro e insieme archetipo dell'utopia. Lo specchio del Paradiso è il titolo di questa collana, che si propone di attuare un percorso che segue l'evolversi dell'idea e dell'iconografia di questa realtà spaziale, un itinerario affascinante lungo lo spazio e il tempo alla ricerca di un luogo dove l'ordine e la pace si ricompongano e dove l'unità originaria sia recuperata. Il primo volume fonisce gli strumenti essenziali per questo viaggio iconografico, segnandone le tappe della storia, analizzandone gli elementi caratteristici ed evidenziandone le suggestioni allegoriche e simboliche sacre e profane. Un originale repertorio del "giardino nelle arti preziose" conclude l'interessante opera. "Teatro del mondo e della memoria", "del mondo e della natura", il giardino ha sempre mantenuto nella cultura occidentale un nesso inscindibile con l'idea di teatro. Il secondo volume della collana vuole proprio indagare lo svolgersi di questo rappporto attraverso la presentazione di alcuni momenti particolarmente significativi della sua storia. Dalla Roma tardo-repubblicana e imperiale, con l'invenzione - fra l'altro - della topiaria, alle riproposizioni di giardini "scenici" del periodo umanistico-rinascimentale, dai fastosi "teatri dell'acqua" barocchi e dallo sviluppo e diffusione dei "teatri di verzura" fino alle riscoperte novecentesche, i fasti del teatro-giardino vengono qui presentati in un documentato testo, corredato da un ricco e in buona parte inedito apparato iconografico. Nel terzo e conclusivo volume il giardino diviene luogo della presenza e della rivelazione del sacro, "manifestazione di una mente ordinatrice che trascende la stessa natura". Umano e divino si incontrano in un lungo itinerario che, dagli spazi consacrati a diverse divinità del mondo antico, attraverso la pace e l'ordine dei chiostri monastici esemplati sul modello del Paradiso terrestre che si diffondono soprattutto nel periodo medioevale, giunge fino al misticismo romantico, volto alla ricerca di una sacralità originaria nella natura selvaggia e misteriosa, alle soglie di un'eclisse del sacro che caratterizza il nostro secolo.

19/04/24

[jtownraindancer]

I love gardening books~ =^.^=

Image I.D.:

Screenshot from the book Big Yields, Little Pots, by Rosefiend Cordell. Photo features a tabby cat sitting in a rectangular terracotta planter with the caption: "Terracotta containers are perfect for growing a crop of cats. Don't water them too often - cats prefer conditions on the dry side."

End I.D.

[yourcoffeeguru]

Italian Gardens 1966 Georgina Masson The World Of Art Library Architecture || SWtradepost - ebay

[samwisethewitch]

Homemaking, gardening, and self-sufficiency resources that won't radicalize you into a hate group

It seems like self-sufficiency and homemaking skills are blowing up right now. With the COVID-19 pandemic and the current economic crisis, a lot of folks, especially young people, are looking to develop skills that will help them be a little bit less dependent on our consumerist economy. And I think that's generally a good thing. I think more of us should know how to cook a meal from scratch, grow our own vegetables, and mend our own clothes. Those are good skills to have.

Unfortunately, these "self-sufficiency" skills are often used as a recruiting tactic by white supremacists, TERFs, and other hate groups. They become a way to reconnect to or relive the "good old days," a romanticized (false) past before modern society and civil rights. And for a lot of people, these skills are inseparably connected to their politics and may even be used as a tool to indoctrinate new people.

In the spirit of building safe communities, here's a complete list of the safe resources I've found for learning homemaking, gardening, and related skills. Safe for me means queer- and trans-friendly, inclusive of different races and cultures, does not contain Christian preaching, and does not contain white supremacist or TERF dog whistles.

Homemaking/Housekeeping/Caring for your home:

Making It by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen [book] (The big crunchy household DIY book; includes every level of self-sufficiency from making your own toothpaste and laundry soap to setting up raised beds to butchering a chicken. Authors are explicitly left-leaning.)

Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair by Mercury Stardust [book] (A guide to simple home repair tasks, written with rentals in mind; very compassionate and accessible language.)

How To Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis [book] (The book about cleaning and housework for people who get overwhelmed by cleaning and housework, based on the premise that messiness is not a moral failing; disability and neurodivergence friendly; genuinely changed how I approach cleaning tasks.)

Gardening

Rebel Gardening by Alessandro Vitale [book] (Really great introduction to urban gardening; explicitly discusses renter-friendly garden designs in small spaces; lots of DIY solutions using recycled materials; note that the author lives in England, so check if plants are invasive in your area before putting them in the ground.)

Country/Rural Living:

Woodsqueer by Gretchen Legler [book] (Memoir of a lesbian who lives and works on a rural farm in Maine with her wife; does a good job of showing what it's like to be queer in a rural space; CW for mentions of domestic violence, infidelity/cheating, and internalized homophobia)

"Debunking the Off-Grid Fantasy" by Maggie Mae Fish [video essay] (Deconstructs the off-grid lifestyle and the myth of self-reliance)

Sewing/Mending:

Annika Victoria [YouTube channel] (No longer active, but their videos are still a great resource for anyone learning to sew; check out the beginner project playlist to start. This is where I learned a lot of what I know about sewing.)

Make, Sew, and Mend by Bernadette Banner [book] (A very thorough written introduction to hand-sewing, written by a clothing historian; lots of fun garment history facts; explicitly inclusive of BIPOC, queer, and trans sewists.)

Sustainability/Land Stewardship

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer [book] (Most of you have probably already read this one or had it recommended to you, but it really is that good; excellent example of how traditional animist beliefs -- in this case, indigenous American beliefs -- can exist in healthy symbiosis with science; more philosophy than how-to, but a great foundational resource.)

Wild Witchcraft by Rebecca Beyer [book] (This one is for my fellow witches; one of my favorite witchcraft books, and an excellent example of a place-based practice deeply rooted in the land.)

Avoiding the "Crunchy to Alt Right Pipeline"

Note: the "crunchy to alt-right pipeline" is a term used to describe how white supremacists and other far right groups use "crunchy" spaces (i.e., spaces dedicated to farming, homemaking, alternative medicine, simple living/slow living, etc.) to recruit and indoctrinate people into their movements. Knowing how this recruitment works can help you recognize it when you do encounter it and avoid being influenced by it.

"The Crunchy-to-Alt-Right Pipeline" by Kathleen Belew [magazine article] (Good, short introduction to this issue and its history.)

Sisters in Hate by Seyward Darby (I feel like I need to give a content warning: this book contains explicit descriptions of racism, white supremacy, and Neo Nazis, and it's a very difficult read, but it really is a great, in-depth breakdown of the role women play in the alt-right; also explicitly addresses the crunchy to alt-right pipeline.)

These are just the resources I've personally found helpful, so if anyone else has any they want to add, please, please do!

[jellynut]

Gravity Walls and Over the Falls 🤓

[lanndscape]

[chrisery-business]

my biggest issue with the httyd live action-and just about any live action reboot is that it seems that the live action adaptations are being made to make the original “better”? like, so many people talk about a live action spiderverse, a live action hercules, a live action PRINCE OF EGYPT (dont piss me OFF.)-like animation is a beautiful work of art, and for some reason putting real people and cgi in it is supposed to be an “upgrade”? im probably being that friend that’s too woke or whatever, but i just think it’s so disrespectful to act like something that takes so much time and effort and energy is immediately considered as lower because it is animated. animation is beautiful, and it is one of the most heartfelt art forms there are, and erasing that for the sake of a cash grab is downright degrading to animation as a medium.

[maviyenot]

[ur-daily-inspiration]

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[the-evil-clergyman]

Illustrations from Stories from Hans Christian Andersen by Edmund Dulac (1911)

[bebs-art-gallery]

𝓑𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒍𝒚 𝓕𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝓜𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝓕𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝓦𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅

© Malina Dowling

[julianplum]

🍓 🐿️ 🌕 🌿 ✨ // under the strawberry moon // gouache on hot press paper

[whereshadowslive]

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[themarchingbeetle]

French Flower stamps

Photos by Pilllpat on Flickr