A Garden's Purpose: Cultivating Our Connection with the Natural World

Through stories and essays, this volume invites readers to understand gardens as places where we build beneficial relationships with the living world. They can nurture friendships and communities as gathering places. Thoughtfully crafted, they make us pause and appreciate our surroundings. Full of edible plants, they nourish us. They can make us feel at home in our bodies, cities, and planet. Hundreds of gardens from around the globe are included, photographed in glorious full color. This makes a great gift for home gardeners, landscape designers, or as a gift for the gardener in your life.