The way the writers of the Genesis story solve this problem, of course, is by presenting a narrative in which God initially did shelter his creation from these hardships, until humankind showed itself untrustworthy and ill-deserving of relief from these travails. But any God that allowed such things to afflict his people can’t be wholly good. Adam and Eve are guilty of giving into temptation, but perhaps more than that, the Genesis writer presents them as presumptuous, because they wish to know of good and evil, as God does.Īnalysed this way, then, the Adam and Eve story is a kind of origin-myth for the hardships of the flesh: women’s pain in childbirth, man’s back-breaking toil in the field, the wife’s subjection to her husband. Adam and Eve go against his divine commandment, disobeying him. God, however, does not want his creation to have the same knowledge as he has: to have true knowledge of good and evil is to be a god, and God wants that role all for himself. It is significant that Adam and Eve only have children once they have left the Garden of Eden behind (at the beginning of chapter 4 of Genesis, directly after their expulsion) it’s as if they can only fully embrace adulthood once they have had the blinkers removed from their eyes. But there comes a time when all of us have to grow up and lose our innocence. He doesn’t want them to grow up and learn what evil is. The Garden of Eden provides a safe haven for Adam and Eve, and God, like a watchful father, wishes to keep his children innocent. Only once their eyes are opened, after they eat of the forbidden fruit, do they learn shame, and in doing so, displease God, who wished them to remain innocent.Ĭlearly there is a parallel here between a parent and his children, wishing to keep them safe from the harms and evils of the world.
Adam and Eve live in blissful childlike innocence, as their lack of self-consciousness or shame around their nakedness demonstrates. She believes that a garden reflects its gardener.The story of the Fall of Man – which Adam and Eve bring about when they eat of the forbidden fruit from ‘the tree of the knowledge of good and evil’ – is significant because it marks the beginning of Original Sin, which every human being was said to inherit from Adam and Eve. In addition to her advice, Richter provides space for you to document your own relationship with your ever-changing garden.
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Now, Richter passes those lessons on to you in her five "garden gems." Her gems include insight on how to honor your roots (your first experiences with your garden) pause before you enter your garden and take a moment to recognize its beauty through the different seasons start over again and see how your garden and your story evolve follow the seven principles of xeric gardening to garden with intention and respect and partner with local pollinators to protect the health of your plants. She listens to what the plants have to teach her about environmental kindness, patience, and respect. Through her work, she has gotten to know the personality of each plant and how to nurture it. Richter views the many different plants of her garden as characters in an ongoing drama. In this gentle guide to gardening, Judy Richter shares the tips and tricks that have allowed her "galloping garden" to thrive and encourages you to write your own garden story.
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