A Garden Manifesto

by Richard Porter (Editor), Olivia Laing (Editor)

What do gardens mean and how can they change the world? A Garden Manifesto gathers radical visions rooted in the earth from artists, writers, gardeners and activists, among them Lubaina Himid, Derek Jarman, Jamaica Kincaid, Ana Mendieta, Dan Pearson and Eileen Myles. It’s a seed box for an uncertain future, packed with anarchic dreams of Eden-making and humming with resistance to the colonial project of homogenisation and destruction.

Featuring William Blake, Joe Brainard, Jonny Bruce, John Clare, Gerry Dalton, Ellen Dillon, Baha Ebdeir, Alys Fowler, Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Gaylene Gould, Green Guerillas, Joy Gregory, Fritz Haeg, Lubaina Himid, Philip Hoare, Rosie Hudson, Derek Jarman, Chantal Joffe, Laura Joy, Jamaica Kincaid, Elisabeth Kley, Olivia Laing, Jeremy Lee, Siobhan Liddell, Alison Lloyd, Hilary Lloyd, Jo McKerr, Lee Mary Manning, Ana Mendieta, Bernadette Mayer, Rosemary Mayer, Huw Morgan, Eileen Myles, Hussein Omar, Palestinian Heirloom Seed Library, Ian Patterson, Dan Pearson, Jean Perréal, Charlie Porter, Pat Porter, J. H. Prynne, Claire Ratinon, Jamie Reid, Lisa Robertson, Kuba Ryniewicz, Saadi, Sui Searle, Sei Shōnagon, Colin Stewart, Tabboo!, Edward Thomasson, Wolfgang Tillmans, Scott Treleaven, John Wieners, David Wojnarowicz, Matt Wolf and Sarah Wood

Genres: Nonfiction, Essays

264 pages, Paperback

Published October 24, 2024

Reviews

[Melanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I *think* this is the Goodreads record for A Garden Manifesto, edited by Olivia Laing and Richard Porter. It’s a lovely collection of writing and art about gardens and how green spaces and growing things can help us remake and reimagine the world.

[lucia morris · Rating 5 out of 5]

sweet and poignant meditations on the garden. political gardening we love and i love forever

[Madison Weir · Rating 5 out of 5]

An astonishing collection of stories, works, poems and images that exalt the power of the garden. This is one I will certainly revisit.

[annabelleee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Olivia Laing you never miss. The garden is political! Everything you do means something - to yourself or someone else it doesn’t matter.
Full of care and inspiration, it’s a great book to remind yourself how to make a home and how to challenge everything striving to harm it. Loved it!