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«Gardens of the Gods» reveals the symbolic language of garden design, exploring the gardens of China, with their moon gates and immortal rocks, the Zen gardens of Japan, the paradise gardens of Islam, those of Renaissance Italy with their richly mythological imagery, the landscaped parks of England, the gardens of New Harmony in the US and some striking, modern examples of symbolic gardens, including the Tarot Garden of the sculptress Niki de Saint Phalle in Italy. This illustrated book also includes a chapter with suggestions for creating a «garden of meaning» and a selected catalogue of plants with symbolic or mythological associations. Based on ten years of research, travel and curiostiy, this text is also the result of a personal quest - to reveal the mystical codes written in the astonishing worlds of gardens worldwide.
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Contents Gardens of the Gods: Myth, Magic and Meaning i ii Gardens of the Gods: Myth, Magic and Meaning Picture credits All photographs were taken by the author except those of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, which were taken by Connie Hanna. The view of The Hide, Ohio, was drawn by Jan Heynike. The plans in Chapter 12 are by Sandra-Jasmin Kuhn. Contents Gardens of the Gods: Myth, Magic and Meaning Christopher McIntosh iii iv Gardens of the Gods: Myth, Magic and Meaning Published in 2005 by I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU In the United States and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St. Martin’s Press 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 www.ibtauris.com Copyright © Christopher McIntosh The right of Christopher McIntosh to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by the author in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988. All rights reserved. Exc