9781988592572

Common Ground

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9781988592572

Paperback|9781988592572


Overview

This book takes a loving look at gardens and garden practices in Aotearoa New Zealand over time. While a lot of gardening books focus on the grand plantings of wealthy citizens, Matt Morris explores the historical processes behind humble gardens those created and maintained by ordinary people. From the arrival of the earliest Polynesian settlers carrying precious seeds and cuttings, through early settler gardens to Dig for Victory efforts, he traces the collapse and renewal of home gardening culture, through the emergence of community initiatives to the recent concept of food sovereignty. Compost, Māori gardens, the suburban vegetable patch, the rise of soil toxin levels, the role of native plants and City Beautiful movements Morris looks at the ways in which cultural meanings have been inscribed in the land through our gardening practices over time. What do our gardens say about us, and where we have been? Matt Morris digs deep in Common Ground.

ISBN-13

9781988592572

ISBN-10

1988592577

Weight

1.50 Pounds

Dimensions

6.75 x 1.00 x 9.50 In

List Price

$30.00

Format

Paperback

Pages

284 pages

Publisher

Otago University Press

Published On

2021-02-26



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