The Planetary Garden and Other Writings

Celebrated landscape architect Gilles Clément may be best known for his public parks in Paris, including the...
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Author: Gilles Clément
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The Planetary Garden and Other Writings by Clément, Gilles

The Planetary Garden and Other Writings

BD$61.28

The Planetary Garden and Other Writings

BD$61.28
Author: Gilles Clément
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Celebrated landscape architect Gilles Clément may be best known for his public parks in Paris, including the Parc André Citroën and the garden of the Musée du Quai Branly, but he describes himself as a gardener. To care for and cultivate a plot of land, a capable gardener must observe in order to act and work with, rather than against, the natural ecosystem of the garden. In this sense, he suggests, we should think of the entire planet as a garden, and ourselves as its keepers, responsible for the care of its complexity and diversity of life.

"The Planetary Garden" is an environmental manifesto that outlines Clément's interpretation of the laws that govern the natural world and the principles that should guide our stewardship of the global garden of Earth. These are among the tenets of a humanist ecology, which posits that the natural world and humankind cannot be understood as separate from one another. This philosophy forms a thread that is woven through the accompanying essays of this volume: "Life, Constantly Inventive: Reflections of a Humanist Ecologist" and "The Wisdom of the Gardener." Brought together and translated into English for the first time, these three texts make a powerful statement about the nature of the world and humanity's place within it.

Author: Gilles Clément
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 07/17/2015
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780812247121

About the Author
Gilles Clement is a horticultural engineer, landscape architect, and lecturer at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Paysage at Versailles. He has written many books and essays on the philosophy, ecology, and practice of landscape design. Sandra Morris is an independent scholar and translator based in Shropshire, UK. Gilles A. Tiberghien is Professor at Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and author of many books on art and landscape design.

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