Quiet gardens
Subtitle: the roots of faith?
By: Susan Bowden-Pickstock.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781847063410
Subjects: Spiritual life; Gardens -- Religious aspects; Gardens -- England; Spirituality
Description: "Quiet Gardens describes a journey that seeks to re-investigate humankind's relationship with nature and, through this, an understanding of what is spiritual. For many, enjoying and/or making a garden is both a connection with the wider environment and a link to that which is beyond ourselves. From some of the unusual and remarkable gardens of the Christian charity, the Quiet Garden Trust, and conversations with some of today's leading garden creators and thinkers, the journey takes us on a path of exploration and discovery, via Buddhist, Ba'hai and Islamic gardens, to the making of an inter-faith garden which won a medal at the Chelsea Flower Show. It shows us that the relationship between meaning, spirituality and horticulture transcends cultural and religious differences and offers hope for the future."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-174).