That other Eden.(gardening)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: August 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

'A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot', wrote the Manx poet, Thomas Edward Browne (1830-97). He introduced God into his equation because God had himself introduced man into the Garden of Eden (traditionally said to be located at the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Iraq). Since his expulsion from that Eden man has been trying to recreate it for himself on earth, on a greater or lesser scale. The first thing Adam did on leaving the Garden of Eden was to dig, the foundation of all good gardening as many of us have been discovering in these summer months. ...

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