ALBUM OF A GARDEN

1990s EA/HU/0053

An obsession is such when it turns pervasive. Back in 19th-century, Britain people from all social classes became obsessed with ferns; so much so that a name was given to the phenomenon: pteridomania. Today, gardening is escapism from the drill of the everyday. The serial documentation of plants, trees and flowers contained in this album testifies to the gardening mania of the same person who presumably also took the pictures to have a proof of the labour carried out. In today’s profound tag truth lingo: #plantporn.

ALBUM OF A GARDEN

1990s EA/HU/0053

An obsession is such when it turns pervasive. Back in 19th-century, Britain people from all social classes became obsessed with ferns; so much so that a name was given to the phenomenon: pteridomania. Today, gardening is escapism from the drill of the everyday. The serial documentation of plants, trees and flowers contained in this album testifies to the gardening mania of the same person who presumably also took the pictures to have a proof of the labour carried out. In today’s profound tag truth lingo: #plantporn.