TY - BOOK AU - Mick Hales TI - Monastic Gardens SN - 9781556709821 AV - SB457.35.H35 U1 - 712 PB - Harry N. Abrams KW - Gardening N2 - A rare look at the integral role a garden plays in the life of a monastery. Here, gardening is not undertaken for decorative purposes alone. Instead, fruits and vegetable flavour meals, and carefully tended refuges are the perfect spot to pray. Throughout the book, members of different orders discuss the divine purpose of gardening and its symbolic significance in Christian faiths ER -