Gärtnern ist ein Lebensstil

If the garden was primarily a piece of land where edible plants could be cultivated, since the end of the 19th century it has become a place where even noble ladies dig their hands in, pulling them out happily with blackened fingernails. But before they are allowed to plant and repot themselves, refined princesses or far-eastern empresses have gardens created according to their visions, which bear their signature in a majestic and unmistakable way. With the unstoppable desire for freedom among women in the 19th century, the longing for a spade and rake can no longer be suppressed, and the green thumbs of fine ladies delve deep into the earth. This passion also affects writers like Vita Sackville-West, Elizabeth von Arnim, Colette, and many others, who find words for it that become as immortal as some of their gardens.