May 2021May 11, 2021<May 11, 2021 Sex and the garden by Georgette Gouveia Gardens and gardening remain lush, moist, sticky, tangled metaphors for hot, sometimes illicit sex, don’t they?
May 2018April 27, 2018<April 27, 2018 When French parks and gardens became, well, French by Georgette Gouveia In 19th century France, a perfect storm of revolutionary equality and maritime botanical discoveries ushered in a new era of landscaping and, with it, a new approach to art.
May 2017May 2, 2017<May 2, 2017 Secret gardens of sex by Georgette Gouveia Eve – and, by extension, the garden – is a metaphor for female sexuality, particularly unbridled female sexuality, and man’s attempt to control it.