A no-holds barred cultural history
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In this thorough cultural history, Ingram takes us into the heart of the 1970s counterculture and its agricultural and horticultural iconoclasts, the origins of today’s organic farming and gardening in the decades before, and the experimental methods that might help to navigate the climate emergency. Full of no-holds barred detail and gathering a cast of experts, amateurs and one-offs, Ingram has given us a record of a movement that began fifty years ago that is only now coming to fruition. The facts come thick and fast and this is a great guide to currently unusual methods to get the most from our farming and gardening.

This is a dense, academic look at gardening from an organic method using the influences of Steiner, the founder of Waldorf, French gardening, and other organic gardeners. I found a lot of useful information for my own garden, but I would caution casual readers who are just interested in learning more about gardening to seek out a beginner-friendly garden book before taking such a deep dive with this book.

This is an informative look at how countercultural farmers of the 1970s shaped modern organic farming, This was well researched and well written.

The Garden is a dense but fascinating look at how countercultural farmers of the 1970s shaped modern organic farming, Permaculture, and radical ecology through their pioneering ideas and activism.