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 Speculations on human-plant interaction cannot but begin and end in gardens. Gardening can be seen as one of the earliest collaborative efforts between humans and plants, and has been commonly regarded as the cornerstone of early human civilisations. Michael Pollan even considers farming to be a human service to plants, assisting a few species (such as corn or orchids) to dominate over others (Pollan 2002, 2007). Regardless of who is serving whom, gardening can be seen as a mutually beneficial interaction between plants and humans. Natural farming (Fukuoka, 1990) provides valuable exercises in human-plant interdependence: living proof that it is possible to feed humans by feeding the environment. Permaculture principles (Holmgren 2002) including "observe than interact" or "use edges and value the marginal" can be applicable in urban regeneration, economic development and creative endeavours in art, design and technology. To cultivate a vegetal human culture, gardening should be seen as a cultural phenomenon.    Speculations on human-plant interaction cannot but begin and end in gardens. Gardening can be seen as one of the earliest collaborative efforts between humans and plants, and has been commonly regarded as the cornerstone of early human civilisations. Michael Pollan even considers farming to be a human service to plants, assisting a few species (such as corn or orchids) to dominate over others (Pollan 2002, 2007). Regardless of who is serving whom, gardening can be seen as a mutually beneficial interaction between plants and humans. Natural farming (Fukuoka, 1990) provides valuable exercises in human-plant interdependence: living proof that it is possible to feed humans by feeding the environment. Permaculture principles (Holmgren 2002) including "observe than interact" or "use edges and value the marginal" can be applicable in urban regeneration, economic development and creative endeavours in art, design and technology. To cultivate a vegetal human culture, gardening should be seen as a cultural phenomenon.   
  
-“Horticulture is next to music the most sensitive of fine arts. Properly allied to Architecture, garden making is as near as a man may get to the Divine function…” +“Horticulture is next to music the most sensitive of fine arts. Properly allied to Architecture, garden making is as near as a man may get to the Divine function…”\\
 – Maurice Hewlet – Maurice Hewlet
  
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 Not so long ago urban gardening was an activity relegated to marginalised subcultures and immigrant communities. Nowadays, large numbers of the urban population grow at least some herbs in their kitchens once again. Since the financial crisis of 2008 and increasingly unpredictable environmental upheavals, there is much demand for and attention to growing food in cities. Some of groWorld's gardening activities that were ignored by cultural institutions in the early 2000s have recently begun to become part of mainstream culture. Avant Gardening prophesied that “gardening will emerge as one of the major economic forces of resistance” (Wilson 1999). A little over a decade later, urban gardening is practiced not just by the members of the “cultural resistance” but by people from all walks of life – ranging from the American first lady, uprooted people in European refugee centres, to school children in Australia and overpopulated favelas in Brazil.  Not so long ago urban gardening was an activity relegated to marginalised subcultures and immigrant communities. Nowadays, large numbers of the urban population grow at least some herbs in their kitchens once again. Since the financial crisis of 2008 and increasingly unpredictable environmental upheavals, there is much demand for and attention to growing food in cities. Some of groWorld's gardening activities that were ignored by cultural institutions in the early 2000s have recently begun to become part of mainstream culture. Avant Gardening prophesied that “gardening will emerge as one of the major economic forces of resistance” (Wilson 1999). A little over a decade later, urban gardening is practiced not just by the members of the “cultural resistance” but by people from all walks of life – ranging from the American first lady, uprooted people in European refugee centres, to school children in Australia and overpopulated favelas in Brazil. 
  
-“Arranging flowers is arranging ourselves. We're all flowers.”\\+“Arranging flowers is arranging ourselves. We're all flowers.” 
 – Thich Nhat Hanh – Thich Nhat Hanh
  
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 ==== Acknowledgements ==== ==== Acknowledgements ====
  
-With thanks for the contributions from Alkan Chipperfield, Dave Griffiths, Adrian Hon, Theun Karelse, Lina Kusaite and Lionel Billiet.+With thanks for the contributions from Alkan Chipperfield, Dave Griffiths, Adrian Hon, Martin Howse, Theun Karelse, Lina Kusaite and Lionel Billiet.
  
 groWorld is an initiative of FoAM: http://fo.am/groworld groWorld is an initiative of FoAM: http://fo.am/groworld
  
-groWorld collaborators include: Maja Kuzmanovic, Nik Gaffney, Dave Griffiths, Theun Karelse, Cocky Eek, Alkan Chipperfield, Lina Kusaite, Rasa Alksnyte, Shelbatra Jashari, Paola Orlic, Claud Biemans, Tale of Tales, Six to Start, Bartaku, Christina Stadlbauer, Steven Pickles, Wietske Maas, Angelo Vermeulen, David Tonnessen, Chris Salter and Anke Burger. more details can be found at http://fo.am/groworld/+groWorld collaborators include: Maja Kuzmanovic, Nik Gaffney, Dave Griffiths, Martin Howse, Theun Karelse, Cocky Eek, Alkan Chipperfield, Lina Kusaite, Rasa Alksnyte, Shelbatra Jashari, Paola Orlic, Claud Biemans, Tale of Tales, Six to Start, Bartaku, Christina Stadlbauer, Steven Pickles, Wietske Maas, Angelo Vermeulen, David Tonnessen, Chris Salter and Anke Burger. more details can be found at http://fo.am/groworld/
  
  
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   * Sterling, B. Retrieved on 10 October 2010 from http://www.viridiandesign.org/notes/1-25/Note%2000023.txt   * Sterling, B. Retrieved on 10 October 2010 from http://www.viridiandesign.org/notes/1-25/Note%2000023.txt
-  * Theroux, M. (1997). “Detecting Biodynamic Signals.” Retrieved 01 February 2010 from Journal of Borderland Research website: http://journal.borderlands.com/1997/detecting-biodynamic-signals/+  * Theroux, M. (1997). “Detecting Biodynamic Signals.” Retrieved 22 June 2022 from Journal of Borderland Research website: https://borderlandsciences.org/journal/vol/52/n03/Theroux_Detecting_Biodynamic_Signals_I.html
   * Von Bingen, H. trans. Newman, B. (1998) Symphonia: A Critical Edition of the Symphonia Armonie Celestium Revelationum. Cornell University Press.   * Von Bingen, H. trans. Newman, B. (1998) Symphonia: A Critical Edition of the Symphonia Armonie Celestium Revelationum. Cornell University Press.
   * “Voynich Manuscript.” Retreived on 10 August 2011 from http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/digitallibrary/voynich.html   * “Voynich Manuscript.” Retreived on 10 August 2011 from http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/digitallibrary/voynich.html
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