#emilydickinsonsgarden

[generallygothic]

"𝖂𝖊 𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖐𝖊𝖉 𝖇𝖊𝖙𝖜𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖗𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖘 𝖀𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖔𝖘𝖘 𝖍𝖆𝖉 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖉 𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖑𝖎𝖕𝖘" - Emily Dickinson 🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️ I've posted about Emily Dickinson before, just days ago in fact, so I won't introduce her again (I'll link past posts in stories if you fancy a refresher though). Instead, I will introduce you to her gardens. There was an orchard, a flower garden, a kitchen garden, a conservatory for exotic plants. They, and the multitudinous creatures within them, feature over and over again in Dickinson's poetry. They were her companions, her inspiration, her church. As she grew secluded from society, her gardens become her entire world. But over the years, nature and subsequent owners changed the landscape and we lost access to her physical, natural world. "𝕵𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖋𝖋, 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊, 𝕬𝖓 𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖈𝖔𝖆𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖈𝖑𝖆𝖞." That is, until 2016, when the local University of Massachusetts-Amherst began an excavation of the Dickinson Homestead to discover the locations of flower beds, a barn, the orchard, and a well. Archeaobotanical material recovered from within the earth is allowing us to connect with Dickinson through her garden, over a century after her death... ...And bring it back to life. If these are zombies, they're okay with me. 🌱🧟‍♀️🥀 👉: Scroll through a few pages of Dickinson's collection of plant life, pressed and preserved by her own hand. 📑 Quotes: '10: I died for beauty, but was scarce', and '31: Death is a dialogue between' from 'Time and Eternity' by Emily Dickinson. 📸: Emily Dickinson's Herbarium, circa 1839-1846, via Harvard Library online. . #emilydickinson #emilydickinsonsgarden #garden #poet #poetry #herbarium #americanpoet #amherst #massachusetts #newengland #harvard #bookstagram #nature #natureisgothic #universityofmassachusetts #archeaobotany #botany #history #zombies #gothic #generallygothic https://www.instagram.com/p/B46AX9tAF-k/?igshid=amm2c67cj2ue