Radical Gardening: Politics, Idealism & Rebellion in the Garden

by George McKay

War is the natural occupation of man ... war-and gardening. - Winston Churchill to Siegfried Sassoon, 1918 In the common public perception, contemporary gardening is understood as suburban, as leisure activity, as television makeover opportunity. Its origins are seen as religious or spiritual (Garden of Eden), military (the clipped lawn, the ha-ha and defensive ditches), aristocratic or monarchical (the stately home, the Royal Horticultural Society)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0711230307
• ISBN13: 9780711230309
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"