Arlington, Washington, 1991
Photograph by Sam Abell
“An autumn medley of produce ripened under the care of the Israel family, self-described ‘flower children’ with roots in the 1960s. The Arlington, Washington, spiritual community cultivates an eight-acre [3.2-hectare] organic garden that feeds its hundred members. Sales of such products as herb wreaths, garlic braids, and green salads have helped make the group nearly self-sufficient.”
—From “The Gift of Gardening,” May 1992, National Geographic magazine
Charlottesville, Virginia, 1991
Photograph by Sam Abell
“Masterful at gardening as well as statecraft, Thomas Jefferson tended plants from the Old World and the New. His garden at Monticello, restored in the 1980s, was his passion. ‘No occupation is so delightful to me,’ he wrote, ‘as the culture of the earth.’”
—From “The Gift of Gardening,” May 1992, National Geographic magazine
California, 1999
Photograph by Sisse Brimberg
"Until the past decade cut-flower production worldwide has been carried on mostly as family business, the same farms cultivating the same flowers for generations. But Americans alone spend nearly 15 billion [U.S.] dollars a year on flowers and plants—about four times more than one generation ago—at 30,000 florists and 23,000 supermarkets. For the first time, flower trading has become a colossal global concern given to cutthroat competition and political battles. Flower buying by consumers has even come to involve faceless corporations where business is done over the internet."
—From “Flower Trade,” April 2001, National Geographic magazine
Kyoto, Japan, 1998
Photograph by Sam Abell
Garden consciousness is at the center of spiritual life in Kyoto. For a thousand years the Imperial Palace was situated here. Around it grew an array of temples, subtemples, shrines, schools, and detached palaces, each with its own gardens and often, it seemed, its own garden philosophy.
—From the National Geographic book Seeing Gardens, 2000
Dal Lake, India, 1999
Photograph by Steve McCurry
“A flower seller paddles through Dal Lake’s quiet waters. Few observers expect diplomacy to restore equal serenity to his homeland. Buffeted from within and without by waves of seemingly intractable strife, Kashmir faces a stormy future.”
—From “Kashmir: Trapped in Conflict,” September 1999, National Geographic magazine
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