Garden Plan

The severed garden is a poetic one, and the plan will guide you from symbol to symbol, poem to poem, reference to reference. Some flowers make more than one appearance, others are elusive. The trees are dark and foreboding. Take care in the garden.

Poppies and gasmasks   Amaranth
Rituals of death (still in progress) Lilies
The language of flowers Yew
The transitory nature of things Funeral flowers
TS Eliot (still in progress) Roses (still in progress)

What is the severed garden?

Return to front page

Conclusion

 

External Links

The City of the Silent

War Poetry

Photo and garden plan: The Sunday Times - The Making of the English Garden, Macmillan, London, 1988.