It as often been
mused on that horticulture is the best form of theology. After all it
would be a horticulturist who would be constantly immersed in God's
creation, seeing physical realities of God's handiwork. It is no
little known fact that of all God's creation, nature holds the most
immediate and potent forms of beauty. Wendell Berry often calls us to
make note of the glory and riches yielded by maintaining a garden.
This is true, yet I
find that when we focus our attention solely on the garden, or see
horticulture as the best theology, we miss much more. There is so
much beauty to be discovered in this creation, it would be a great
sadness to only see one manifestation of it.
I would argue that
a horticulturist has no more exposure to the beauty than a
mathematician does, or a lit major. The key to seeing beauty is being
open to it. As Chesterton remarked there are no boring subjects, only
bored people. When we open ourselves to receive the beauty it will
come to us, no matter where we are looking. Beauty is bursting
through every corner of creation, and it will be a wonder to
discover.
-H. Sukut
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