"To know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us,
 and though distant is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for
 us an inhabited garden."oethe
"Mr. Goethe's Garden offers children and adults the beautiful 
opportunity to explore and reconnect with the rhythms of the 
Earth. To open this book is to reopen oneself, like the petals
 of a flower, to the wondrous connections of the world in which
 we live."  Julia Butterfly Hill, author of The Legacy of Luna,
 founder of Circle of Life

"Mr. Goethe's Garden walks the reader into the riches of nature.
 It will make you stop and look at nature, inspiring you to see, 
to garden, to draw, or even...to dance." Paul Hawken, author 
of Natural Capitalism and The Ecology of Commerce

Mr. Goethe's Garden tells the story of a unique friendship 
between an inquisitive young girl, Irena, and her neighbor
he elderly, world-famous playwright, artist and natural 

scientist, Johann von Goethe. Irena visits Mr. Goethe in
 his well-tended garden where he teaches her to draw 
and to observe the world of nature in a special way. 

Set in the 1830s, this book was inspired by Goethe life
 and his botanical treatise The Metamorphosis of the 
Plant. Exquisitely sensitive illustrations and elegant text
 reveal the intricate wonders of the plant kingdom. As the
 bonds of friendship deepen between Irena and her wise
 neighbor, she experiences a new way of seeing the natural
 cycle of the plant rom seed to flower to fruit and to seed again. 
like friends, plants tell you their secrets only when they know 
you care. Just practice listening with your eyes, and one day 
when you least expect it, you will see with your heart and be 
swept up into nature dance.? An informative afterword 
describes the life of Goethe and his many accomplishments. 

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