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A people's approach to gardens and gardening, weaving together garden history with the counterculture.
Synopsis
RADICAL GARDENING traces strands of idealism, rebellion, political action and social criticism in the garden both historically and today.
Book Details
Publisher:
FRANCES LINCOLN
Publication Date:
05-May-2011
ISBN:
9780711230309
Guardian review
Lia says, 'This unusual book looks at the role the garden plays in politics and revolution. George McKay is an academic who specialises in the sturdy of the counter-cultural, and he has turned his gaze on gardening. As well as the more obvious and left-wing such as environmentalism and garden cities, McKay writes about the affinity the Nazis felt with the organic movement and the crossover between nativist and garden rhetoric still employed by the likes of the BNP. Uncomfortable in places, but hugely thought-provoking.'
