{"id":143885,"date":"2024-04-27T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/safe-haven-or-symbol-of-injustice-what-our-gardens-tell-us-about-the-world-we-live-in\/"},"modified":"2024-04-27T15:04:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T08:04:55","slug":"safe-haven-or-symbol-of-injustice-what-our-gardens-tell-us-about-the-world-we-live-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/safe-haven-or-symbol-of-injustice-what-our-gardens-tell-us-about-the-world-we-live-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe haven or symbol of injustice? What our gardens tell us about the world we live in"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFrom manicured, exclusive retreats built on slave money to common ground in which to seed utopian dreams, gardens occupy a fertile space in our lives and imaginationsI have a dream sometimes. I dream I\u2019m in a house, and discover a door I didn\u2019t know was there. It opens into an unexpected garden, and for a weightless moment I find myself inhabiting new territory, flush with potential. Maybe there are steps down to a pond, or a statue surrounded by fallen leaves. It is never tidy, always beguilingly overgrown. What might grow here, what rare peonies, irises, roses will I find? I wake with the sense that a too-tight joint has loosened, and that everything runs fluent with new life.For most of the years that I have had this dream, I didn\u2019t have a garden of my own. I rented until I was 40, and only rarely in flats with outdoor space. The first of these temporary gardens was in Brighton. I planted calendula there, which according to the 16th-century herbalist Gerard would \u201cstrengthen and comfort the heart very much\u201d. I was training to be a herbalist and my head was full of plants, an entanglement of natural forms. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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