The Green Fuse: Essays in Making Sense of Gardens

Dig deep into our powerful connection with gardens across media and realms of human experience--from music to philosophy, painting to religion.

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? The Green Fuse: Essays in Making Sense of Gardens 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, The Green Fuse 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.

Author: Peter Dale
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 07/18/2025
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9781836390282