The Garden at the End of Time

John Hanson Mitchell is the founder and was the longtime editor of Massachusetts Audubon Society's award-winning journal Sanctuary. He has published numerous books, including, most recently, Legends of a Common Stream. His book Ceremonial Time: Fifteen Thousand Years on One Square Mile was the Editor's Choice in the New York Times' Book Review; six of his books based on the square mile of land featured in Ceremonial Time were collected and published as The Scratch Flat Chronicles. He won the John Burroughs Essay Award for his Sanctuary piece, "Of Time and the River." He continues to live on that one square mile of land in eastern Massachusetts.

"A sterling, beautifully written antidote for the global climate blues. Mitchell's book is a practical, emotional and spiritual account of the benefits of gardens in a changing world."--Mark Kelley, founder of the Hickory Consortium "How do environmental anxiety, Voltaire, Candide, religion, and gardens as ecological and spiritual sanctuaries intersect with climate change and world decay? John Hanson Mitchell reflects on this and much more in The Garden at the End of Time, an entertaining read unlike anything else in this field."--Douglas W. Tallamy, author of Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard "In dark times, creating and experiencing a tree-and-flower garden provides so much--inspiration, exercise, spiritual growth, CO2 uptake, a biodiverse sanctuary, sense of place, hope, link to nature and earth, belief in the future, a statement of resistance, even the context of history. Join the author in his labyrinth of paths and sitting quietly, with birds singing, flowers blooming, butterflies fluttering, winds howling, and, yes, the surroundings changing. Many before us have gotten through tough times in a garden."--Richard T. T. Forman, author of Towns, Ecology, and the Land