Letter

In response to The gardens of the starships

The humble gardeners

As a home gardener, at present surrounded by muddy pools from last night’s driving rain, aware of others fleeing surging flood waters, I read Kari McKern’s call for us to “build the garden” with a stirring sense of recognition. Yes, it’s the gardeners who know life’s systems.

I find myself humming a tune from The Hymns of God’s Gardeners, ‘ The Earth Forgives’, words by Margaret Atwood set to music by Orville Stoeber.

Now I am going to search my shelves for The Year of the Flood, a book to read on this gloomy, wet day to remind myself . . .

— Janet Grevillea from Lake Macquarie