
Quick Snippet: Cradle of Civilisation – At the Beginning
In the beginning the ancient Greek oral Poet Hesiod says, there was Khaos vast and dark – then Gaea, the deep-breasted earth and Eros, whose love softens hearts
In the beginning the ancient Greek oral Poet Hesiod says, there was Khaos vast and dark – then Gaea, the deep-breasted earth and Eros, whose love softens hearts
At the English colonization of this extraordinary continent in 1788 the flora was so exotic many explorers thought they would find the original Garden of Eden
The human desire for more than a subsistence lifestyle is fulfilled, to a large degree, by the beauty and visual satisfaction we find in gardens. The organization of gardens at different times in history and in different places has been based on assumptions about ‘man’s relationship with nature’. Gardens emphasize…
A most ancient reference to gardens comes to us from the book Genesis, the first book of the Bible. In it we find the legendary figures of Adam and Eve with the tree of the fruit of knowledge or good and evil in the Garden of Eden. God places Adam…