A Garden Reveals Itself – A tale of another life
The garden as teacher
When Katrin de Vries moves back to her home after years in the big city, to a brick house in East Frisia with a large garden, she is still convinced that the lawn should be mowed, weeds weeded and rotten trees cut down. But gradually her idea of natural beauty, indeed of nature in general, changes and she dares to take a new approach: Instead of designing the garden according to prevailing conventional ideas, she gives free rein to the trees, grasses, bushes and flowers on her doorstep. And while it grows, teems and sprouts around her, she observes and learns – and can't help but think of her grandparents, for whom the garden had a completely different meaning.
An impressive, literary text – sensual, thought-provoking and atmospheric.
- Emotional nature writing: What can we learn from nature on our doorstep?
- Fascinating family history: insights into the traditional way of life of farm labourers
- For readers of Robin Lane Fox, Jan Haft and Ewald Frie
Katrin de Vries, born in 1959, lives in East Frisia. She is a writer and gardener.
