{"product_id":"gardens-of-history-and-imagination-9781743324561","title":"Gardens of History and Imagination","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\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. However, 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, and even national ways of seeing and being in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are ten essays in \u003cem\u003eGardens of History and Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e, 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\n\n\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362592243948,"sku":"9781743324561","price":69.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781743324561.jpg?v=1772895451","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/gardens-of-history-and-imagination-9781743324561","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}