Fischer, Volker, 1951-

Grünwärts : die neue Lust an urbaner Natur = Greenwards : the new delight in urban nature / Volker Fischer ; Übersetzung ins Englische: Alison Kirkland.

Fellbach : Edition Axel Menges, [2015]
©2015

55 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

The inhabitants of our cities have undoubtedly come down with a gardening virus. Gardening is being propagated as the new sex. Wherever one looks, a gardening euphoria is in bloom. We only have to think of the riverbanks restored to their natural state, the urban gardening and urban farming projects springing up all over the world, the green skyscrapers (prospective and actually built) such as, for instance, the utopian far mscrapers of Vincent Callebout, the conversion of former high rail lines into green recreation spaces, the meditation gardens of Piet Oudolf, and the vertical gardens of Patrick Blanc. We dwell on the growing and sprouting, on the sowing and harvesting, with a kind of covert pleasure and sublimated erotic desire. These days, we feel close to greenery, just as we feel close to our pets. We tend and nurture the seeds and stalks, the leaves and flowers, the shrubs and grasses, the bushes and trees, with a matchless solicitude. These culturally coded natural phenomena also have therapeutic qualities, because they of fer us self-determination and the possibility to share in social development.0.

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Urban gardening.
Urban agriculture.
Urban gardens.
Jardinage urbain.
Agriculture urbaine.
Jardins urbains.
Stadt
Garten
Urbarmachung
Hausbegrünung

Kirkland, Alison, translator.

Greenwards : the new delight in urban nature

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 292291
Cote: BIB 236508
Statut: Disponible