Hortus Incantans : gardening as an art of enchantment

In Fritz Allhoff & Dan O'Brien, Gardening - Philosophy for Everyone: Cultivating Wisdom. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 119–134 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Gardens and Enchantment Dumbarton Oaks: A Fusion of Nature and Art? Dumbarton Oaks as a Site of Enchantment: Crossings, Complexity, and Circuits Cultivating Enchantment Notes.

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the flower show   Hortus Incantans ‐ gardening as an art of enchantment   garden as a setting, category of experience ‐ political philosopher, Jane Bennett describing it as a momentary immobilizing encounter   enchantment, combination of bodily responses and state of heightened sensory perception   Dumbarton Oaks, fusion of nature and art ‐ encounters in Dumbarton Oaks in Washington DC   enchantment, an underappreciated theme ‐ in modern European tradition of garden design   Wharton's Italian Villas and Their Gardens ‐ reacquainting modern readers with the “garden‐magic” of Italian Renaissance villas   gardening, an act of resistance ‐ to a disenchanted, fragmented modern world, threading through Dumbarton Oaks history   Dumbarton Oaks, site of enchantment ‐ crossings, complexity and circuits   cultivating enchantment ‐ gardening, ceaseless “battle” between humans and nature

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original MacDonald, Eric (2010-09-24) "Hortus Incantans". In Allhoff, Fritz, O'Brien, Dan, Gardening ‐ Philosophy for Everyone, pp. 119–134: Wiley‐Blackwell (2010-09-24)

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