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Katherine Swift is a British gardener, writer, and scholar. She previously worked at the Bodleian Library and Trinity College Dublin before dedicating herself to gardening and writing.
Known for: The Morville Hours: The Story of a Garden
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The Morville Hours: The Story of a Garden
The Morville Hours is a reflective and beautifully written book that intertwines the story of a garden with the passage of time and life itself. Inspired by the medieval Book of Hours, Katherine Swift recounts the creation of her garden at the Dower House in Morville, Shropshire. Through the rhythm of the seasons and the history of the land, she explores themes of nature, memory, and spirituality, with each chapter corresponding to a canonical hour and a facet of the garden and human experience.
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Matins: Beginnings and Vision
Morning is the hour of awakening, and at Morville, it was an hour of both hope and uncertainty. When I first arrived at the Dower House, the garden was not yet a garden but a memory of one—overgrown nettles, decaying walls, a tangle of neglect where time had folded in on itself. I stood at its thres...
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Lauds: Praise and the Layers of History
As daylight strengthens, Lauds calls for praise; it is the hour of gratitude and awakening to what exists beyond oneself. In the garden’s early evolution, I found myself constantly drawn into the estate’s history—a continuum stretching back to the Benedictine monks who first built their priory here ...
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About Katherine Swift
Katherine Swift is a British gardener, writer, and scholar. She previously worked at the Bodleian Library and Trinity College Dublin before dedicating herself to gardening and writing. Her work at the Morville garden and her books reveal a deep understanding of English landscape history, nature, and...
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Katherine Swift is a British gardener, writer, and scholar. She previously worked at the Bodleian Library and Trinity College Dublin before dedicating herself to gardening and writing. Her work at the Morville garden and her books reveal a deep understanding of English landscape history, nature, and...
Katherine Swift is a British gardener, writer, and scholar. She previously worked at the Bodleian Library and Trinity College Dublin before dedicating herself to gardening and writing. Her work at the Morville garden and her books reveal a deep understanding of English landscape history, nature, and spirituality.
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