Abstract
Abstract The garden has endured as an evocative metaphor for the American South. With its European discovery, the region became the latest locus in Western culture's quest for ‘the garden of the world.’ Puritans may have regarded the new England landscape as ‘a waste and howling wilderness,’ as Michael Wigglesworth alluded to it in 1662, but settlers of the Southern colonies most often described their natural surroundings in benign, even pastoral terms. The contrasting perceptions of the American landscape are, in part, explained geographically. The long harsh winters and stony soils ofNew England did not encourage benevolent attitudes toward nature; whereas the Inilder winter climate, richer soils and longer growing season of the South have always allowed gardens, and the garden metaphor, to flourish.
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