Garden Graces: How the Simple Tasks of Gardening Have Affected the Art, Music, Literature, and Ideas of Western Civilization

by George Grant, Karen B. Grant

Used Book in Good condition

Genres: Nature, Gardening, Essays

224 pages, Paperback

First published April 26, 2001

About the author

Dr. George Grant is an evangelical educator recognized by a Tennessee newspaper “Review Appeal” as the one who “lives and breathes” education.

Grant is known as a reformed scholar and evangelical activist who hopes to promote sound Christian doctrine, seeking honest answers to honest questions, developing true spirituality and experiencing the beauty of human relationships.

He founded Franklin Classical School, located in Franklin, Tennessee and the King’s Meadow Study Center, which seeks to help the modern church to develop a practical cultural expression of a Christian worldview in art, music, literature, politics, social research, community development and education.

Grant has also produced numerous writings of more than 60 works on the topics relating to theology, school curriculum, arts, fiction and politics.

Reviews

[Emily Pagan · Rating 5 out of 5]

We should resurrect the tradition of churches having gardens and graveyards.

[Luke · Rating 5 out of 5]

“So, when your work is finished, you can wash your hands and pray
For the glory of the Garden that it may not pass away.”

- Rudyard Kipling

[Frode · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a dipping book, one you pick up and dip into at various times. It is formulaic; each chapter has some nice quotes including some poetry, then a narrative of some person or place, and finally a practicum. I read it over a period of two months. Here is one quote I particularly liked by Helena Ely: "I always think of my sins when I weed. They grow apace in the same way and are harder still to get rid of."

[Carol Bakker · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely book to read when snow covers the ground and all you remember is the harvest, not the work of gardening.

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great quotes, nice stories, I like to read it when it is times to start cutting the grass again.