In honor of throw-back Thursdays (or Sentimental Saturdays) I’m reminded of what led to me writing in the first place—a little segment from a local radio show that became a book, then a newspaper column called “I Didn’t Know That” ~
Tracing words and phrases back to their origins I am reminded that my love of gardens goes back a ways, to a day when I only knew what the word meant (as opposed to how much joy it would bring me in the living)… From “I Didn’t Know That: Why We Say the Things We Say” I share:
Deriving its
name from the Old French word, "jardin",
the first gardens were created by medieval monks. These plots were set aside
for food and flowers, in tribute to the garden of all gardens: The Garden of
Eden.
Providing
both food and serenity for the active, yet meditative disciplines of monastic
life, gardens soon became a staple of every abbey and monastery throughout
Europe.
As walls
and fences were erected to protect these sacred plots, these “guarded” lands
soon became known as “gardens” …a word that still today represents a piece of
earth set aside for life and all things growth.
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