{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"82626","title":"ASU Book Group: \u2018The Garden\u2019 by Sir Jonathan Bate","campus":"Tempe campus, Online event","locations":"Hayden Library Luhrs Reading Room (LIB 101) and Online","college_unit":"ASU Library, Department of English, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Rob Walton College of Global Futures","department":"","field_cost_value":"Free","event_price_level":"Free","asu_events_price_desc":"Free","body_summary":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ECelebrating Earth Month, the ASU Book Group\u2019s April 2027 selection is the nonfiction hi\u003C\/p\u003E","full_body":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ECelebrating Earth Month, the ASU Book Group\u2019s April 2027 selection is the nonfiction history book,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/724146\/the-garden-by-jonathan-bate\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe Garden: Our Four-Thousand-Year Quest for Paradise\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E by literary scholar\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/search.asu.edu\/profile\/3410925\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EJonathan Bate\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, ASU Regents Professor of English and environmental humanities (The College\/College of Global Futures).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe book group is open to all in the ASU community and meets monthly from noon to 1 p.m. in Hayden Library on the ASU Tempe campus as well as online. Please \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/asu.libcal.com\/calendar\/librarycommunications\/asubookgroupthegarden\u0022\u003Eregister\u003C\/a\u003E to attend.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EHaven\u0027t read the book? Come anyway! Authors are always present.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESynopsis\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cThe Garden\u201d is a globe-spanning, never-before-told epic history of the garden \u2014 from antiquity to present. Avid gardener and literary historian Jonathan Bate traces our fascination with gardens across four millennia and explores their enduring influence on art, literature, philosophy, politics, and religion, from the gardens of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to the pleasure gardens of Versailles and public green spaces like Central Park. Along the way, Bate offers practical botanical insights: Why have certain rose growers preferred old varieties over new? What makes a weed a weed? And how do certain plants serve essential roles in maintaining a garden\u2019s health?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EBate unearths an alternate human history, and reminds us that to cultivate a garden is to practice care: for the earth, for others, and for the fragile beauty that sustains us.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe book will be available at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/the-garden-our-four-thousand-year-quest-for-paradise-jonathan-bate\/904ab21110bc911d?ean=9780593537060\u0026amp;bkshp-astro=t\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Elocal U.S. bookstores in February 2027\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the book group\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe ASU Book Group meetings and selections for 2026-2027 are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul class=\u0022uds-list\u0022\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESep. 24 - \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/asuevents.asu.edu\/event\/asu-book-group-mexicana-roots-and-routes-edited-vanessa-fonseca-chavez-and-anita-huizar\u0022\u003E\u201cMeXicana Roots and Routes\u201d edited by Vanessa Fonseca-Ch\u00e1vez and Anita Huizar-Hern\u00e1ndez\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EOct. 22 - \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/asuevents.asu.edu\/event\/asu-book-group-harvest-furies-hayden-casey\u0022\u003E\u201cA Harvest of Furies\u201d by Hayden Casey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ENov. 18 - \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/asuevents.asu.edu\/event\/asu-book-group-channeling-emily-dickinson-rosemarie-dombrowski\u0022\u003EChanneling Emily Dickinson with Rosemarie Dombrowski\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EFeb. 25 - \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/asuevents.asu.edu\/event\/asu-book-group-tumbleweed-underworld-eduardo-pagan\u0022\u003E\u0022Tumbleweed Underworld\u0022 by Eduardo Pag\u00e1n\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EMar. 25 - \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/asuevents.asu.edu\/event\/asu-book-group-eve-bk-oconnor\u0022\u003E\u201cEve\u201d by B.K. 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