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"Intriguing ideas combined with a philosophical method ofinquiry bring the benefits of gardening into the 21stcentury. Gardening Philosophy for Everyone: CultivatingWisdomproduces what the title suggests - it cultivates andgrows the body of knowledge about gardening, exploring the value ofgardening past and present for multiple disciplines." ( Journal of Therapeutic Horticulture , 1 November 2012)
"So pull up a chair, relax under a shady canopy and delve into thefascinating garden-related philosophies contained in this mostinteresting read." (Australian Horticulture, 1 March 2011)"A goodmix of topics, ideas and arguments - a very good and meaty read."(Gardensandpeople.co.uk, 1 March 2011)
"Reading this book has been an experience so enchanting, that Iam eager to revisit each of the essays, to re submerge myself intheir expertise. If one is a gardener, this is a publicationreserved for cold winter nights or long plane rides; for thenon-gardener, it is an engaging private symposium. One might alsocall it "variations on a theme of gardening", enriched by diverseintellectual disciplines and unexpected perspectives of thecontributing authors." (Gardenguru, 29 March 2011)
"Reading this book has been an experience so enchanting, that Iam eager to revisit each of the essays, to re submerge myself intheir expertise. If one is a gardener, this is a publicationreserved for cold winter nights or long plane rides; for thenon-gardener, it is an engaging private symposium.
"There s nothing too difficult philosophically in this book,so definitely one for any thoughtful gardeners, philosophers ornot." (Wittgenstein s Watering Can, 21 April 2011)
"Finally, we have a book which celebrates and examines the topicof gardens and gardening in a way that involves more than simplyhelping pick the perfect plant for your shady nook." (A Garden ofPossibilities, 18 April 2011)
"The book is comprised of numerous essays by different authors,each with their own unique angle. I am very impressed thatPermaculture is mentioned at least once by name, andhunter-gatherers, foragers, and horticulturalists, are discussed inmany of the essays. Also, each author brings their own definitionof gardening, and some of them are broad enough to include the mostcutting edge forest gardens as well as many primitive peoples landmanagement techniques. Even the essays with a more narrow view ofwhat a garden is had interesting thoughts of our interaction withplants and how that impacts us philosophically." (Nathan CarlosRupley, 15 April 2011)
"Editor Dan O Brien has assembled a collection of essays, amongwhich are Mara Miller s reflections upon the many layers of timeand change inherent in gardens, and the ways in which they affectpersona experiences, which illuminate how these may play intodesign considerations". (Garden Design Journal, 1 April 2011)
"Gardening is not absent from philosophy; after all, Voltaire sCandide ends with the admonition to 'cultivate our garden. This book examines how gardening is like philosophy and vice versa.Much space is also given to political philosophy and somefascinating explorations into the political and philosophicalramifications of historical gardening in London and Aztec Mexico.The series is likely to appeal to armchair philosophers andundergraduates alike, and this volume will give gardeners of anintellectual bent a philosophical justification for their hobby."( Library Journal , March 2011)
"A new book on the philosophy of gardening - edited by DanO Brien and Fritz Allhoff - has been written by and for thegreen-thumbed thinker, the practical gardener, the salad gardener,the architect, the archaeologist, and the artist at work among theferns". (Horticulture Week, 12 January 2011)
"Either way, it is an engaging and enjoyable
Portrait
Editor
Dan O'Brien is a Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University, an Honorary Research Fellow at Birmingham University, and an Associate Lecturer with the Open University. He is the author of An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (2006) and Hume's "Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding": A Reader's Guide (with Alan Bailey, 2006). In addition, he has recently edited a special volume of Philosophica on the epistemology of testimony.
Series Editor
Fritz Allhoff is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. In addition to editing the Philosophy for Everyone series, Allhoff is the volume editor or co-editor for several titles, including Wine & Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), Whiskey & Philosophy (with Marcus P. Adams, Wiley, 2009), and Food & Philosophy (with Dave Monroe, Wiley-Blackwell, 2007).
