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This multifaceted/multidisciplinary work was interesting and engaging and a worthy read but due to my utopia addiction I found it a little disappointing in that respect. Still, quite informative and got me to think about nature in a way I had not before, especially gardening. For what it’s worth, there are two chapters back to back that contradict each other in part because they were written by different authors: Susan Willis is a professor and gardener who has absolutely no problem with her dog...
This book was given to me by a friend who has an essay published in it. The idea of looking at gardens as a form of utopia is interesting and I did find several of the essays entertaining and educative.However, I did find myself skimming one or two of them that were just really dull and written in this verbose manner that did nothing to endear the subject matter to the reader. Clearly these people were only writing for high-level academics, whereas the other some of the authors had written more