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‘Mary gardens’ bring Catholic piety to the garden

  • Written by: Kayla Harris, Director of the Marian Library and Associate Professor, University of Dayton
imageAn indoor Mary garden at the University of DaytonThe Marian Library, University of Dayton, CC BY-SA

Each spring, some Catholics plant flowers around a statue of the Virgin Mary, reviving a tradition that goes back to medieval England when holy figures were remembered and shared through plant and flower names.

In Mary gardens, plants and flowers have...

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