{"id":77422,"date":"2018-01-20T13:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T06:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/monty-dons-paradise-gardens-review-a-heady-tour-of-earthly-delights\/"},"modified":"2018-01-20T13:03:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T06:03:25","slug":"monty-dons-paradise-gardens-review-a-heady-tour-of-earthly-delights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/monty-dons-paradise-gardens-review-a-heady-tour-of-earthly-delights\/","title":{"rendered":"Monty Don\u2019s Paradise Gardens review \u2013 a heady tour of earthly delights"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMonty discovers how his great-great-great-grandmother made pots of money from marmalade on his fragrant trip to gardens inspired by the Qur\u2019anLooking out at a miserable rectangle of urban waste, AKA my garden, I\u2019m hoping for inspiration from Monty Don\u2019s Paradise Gardens (BBC2), which is about gardens that were themselves inspired by the Qur\u2019an. Maybe I too can bring a bit of eternal heaven to earth. Specifically, an insalubrious corner of north-west London.Monty\u2019s journey around great Islamic paradise gardens begins in southern Spain (where presumably he\u2019s known as Don Monty). In the gardens of the Alhambra in Granada, he learns about key features of Islamic gardens: water to reflect stars and architecture; the number four, into which spaces are often divided to represent the four elements, the four seasons, and the four rivers of paradise flowing with water, milk, honey and wine. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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