A Garden of One's Own

His passion for literature and gardening history is what eventually drew Douglas Chambers away from the life of a professor and back to his family's farm. With the use of pedestals and inscripted stones, Douglas Chambers creates quasi historic landscapes wherein both his personal and our greater history is brought into relief. In his beautiful garden, with plants and text, he actively celebrates his favorite poets, indulges himself in the mysterious atmospheres of Chinese gardens and commemorates a succession of European kings; while other planting schemes in the garden are devoted to a sense of the history of the area itself and to Chambers' own pledges to the memories of lost friends and relations.