{"product_id":"the-green-fuse-essays-in-making-sense-of-gardens-9781836390282","title":"The Green Fuse: Essays in Making Sense of Gardens","description":"\u003cb\u003eDig deep into our powerful connection with gardens across media and realms of human experience--from music to philosophy, painting to religion.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why do interiors of houses mimic nature--the wallpapers and curtains, flowers in vases, a vaporizer in the bathroom? Why do we so often connect our childhoods with gardens? Why has the myth of a lost Eden been so ubiquitous and so formative? \u003ci\u003eThe Green Fuse: Essays in Making Sense of Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e explores our deep-rooted impulses to create gardens, examining them through the lenses of history, religion, nostalgia, and myth. It connects gardens with the other arts--painting, music, literature, and theater--and contemplates their intellectual and philosophical significance. Blending lyrical reflections with research, \u003ci\u003eThe Green Fuse\u003c\/i\u003e offers an unusually wide-ranging and thoughtful perspective on gardens and why we make them. It will be ideal for all readers interested in gardening and its cultural implications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Dale\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Essex, United Kingdom. A longstanding contributor to \u003ci\u003eHortus\u003c\/i\u003e, he has written extensively on literature, music, and gardens, and his previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Garden: A Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e and, with Brandon C. Yen, \u003ci\u003eVersed in Living Nature: Wordsworth's Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter also published by Reaktion Books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359233147154,"sku":"9781836390282","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b0b18e8-4f43-470e-90ae-ee70d69d7f73.jpg?v=1749585622","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-green-fuse-essays-in-making-sense-of-gardens-9781836390282","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}