{"product_id":"9781743324561","title":"Gardens of History and Imagination","description":"Author: Gretchen Poiner\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781743324561\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sydney University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Jun 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 213\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether on the ground or in the mind gardens carry meaning. They reflect social and aesthetic values and may express hope, anticipation or grief. Throughout history they have provided a means of physical survival. In creating and maintaining gardens people construe and construct a relationship with their environment. But there is no single meaning carried in the word 'garden': as idea and practice it reflects cultural differences in beliefs, values and social organisation. It embodies personal, community even national ways of seeing and being in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are ten essays in this book, each of which examines the role of gardens and gardening in the settlement of New South Wales and in growing a colony and a state. They explore the significance of gardens for the health of the colony, for its economy, for the construction of social order and for personal identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the immigrants gardening was an act of settlement and also a statement of possession. For a long time it was with memories of 'home', often selective and idealised, that settlers made gardens but as the colony developed its own character so did gardening possibilities and practices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46839829889182,"sku":"ADS-9781743324561","price":59.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781743324561.jpg?v=1778827528","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781743324561","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}