LOST & FOUND

ALL GARDENS AWAKE IN SPRING. BUT SOME HAVE SLUMBERED LONGER, GIVING THEM STORIES AND MAGIC UNIQUELY THEIR OWN

SANDRA LAWRENCE

Gardens fall into shadow. Nature's greatest desire is to reclaim its own and humans can only hold back the inevitable for as long as they care enough to fight. Wildlife, weather, weeds, pestilence, conflict and, that most cruel of destroyers, fashion, can obliterate a garden in mere months. Lost gardens and civilizations fascinate us, and always have: Atlantis, El Dorado, Shambhala, Avalon. One of the Seven Wonders of the World was a lost garden, and John Milton's hugely influential Paradise Lost describes the ultimate lost garden, Eden. Fake classical temples in 18th century gardens, often built as ruins, represented the lost Arcadia of ancient Greek mythology. A broken garden represents nothing less than our own lost innocence, a hazy past when everything was better. Part of the romance of buried…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2025

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