Growing Home: Stories of Ethnic Gardening

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название: Growing Home: Stories of Ethnic Gardening

автор: Susan Davis Price

год: 2000

издатель : University of Minnesota Press

формат: pdf

страниц: 209

language: English

ISBN: 0816633053

размер : 45,93 mb

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Иллюстрированный взгляд на экстраординарные создания Миннесотских садовников со всего света,в книге интервью и фотографии

A lavishly illustrated look at the extraordinary creations of Minnesota gardeners from around the world.

This beautiful book brings together interviews and photographs of more than thirty Minnesotans who have

imported the style and tradition of their native or ancestral lands into their gardening. Susan Davis

Price relates the fascinating stories of these people's lives as she explores gardening techniques and

plants brought from every part of the globe.

We meet Finnish-born Maiju Kontii, who cultivates the beautiful roses of her homeland, and Polish native

Danuta Mazurek, who manages to grow the colorful, leafy alpines of the old country in her small urban

yard. John Maire moved to Minnesota from the Sudan and has encouraged many fellow Africans to reconnect

to communal life through the Immigrant Farmers Coalition and a group farm located near Elk River. Next

to their downtown Minneapolis high-rise, a group of Korean Americans grows a Peace Garden, which

includes wild sesame and the lovely and edible Chinese bellflower.

The profiles in Growing Home also feature American-born citizens who use their gardening as a link to

their cultural past. Minnesota native Kevin Oshima yearned for a connection to his Japanese heritage

and eventually earned the title "bonsai master" for his success in growing these temperamental trees.

Seitu Jones considers his attempt to keep the city green a tribute to "all the marvelous, unsung black

folks who've been gardening for years."

Well over one hundred beautiful color images highlight this unique look at how ordinary people create

the extraordinary in their own backyards. Growing Home will delight not only gardeners but also readers

of all backgrounds and interests.