Sunday Sermon – Dan Pearson on Commitment

The School of Life presents; Dan Pearson on Commitment; People and plants are not so different. —Dan Pearson; It’s been four decades since Dan Pearson first fell in love with a seed catalogue as a small child. Now he’s achieved the highest plaudits of his discipline we might expect his fascination to wander. So why is he still a self-described garden fanatic? Pearson answers that gardening itself has taught him how to commit.; Gardens have given him continuity variety joy. In return they’ve needed him to let them unfold at their own pace to retreat in order to bloom. They’ve required him to look and notice to understand the habitat to be timely. He’s had to be constant consistent hard-working. Along the way gardening has taught him lessons he says about relationships in all their forms. “You set something to grow and help it flourish. You grow alongside it. And potentially both of you and the relationship between you carry on getting better.”; For his Sunday sermon this most thoughtful of makers will share what gardening can teach us about living in the world.; www.danpearsonstudio.com; Dan Pearson’s exhibition ‘Green Fuse’ is at theMuseum of Garden History in London until 20 October 2013. To find out more about the show click here.; Since 2008 The School of Life has presented strictly secular Sunday Sermons exploring the values we should live by today. We ask maverick cultural figures to give us their take on the virtues to cling to or the vices to be wary of in our complex world.The Sermons take place at Conway Hall.; Expect persuasive polemics pop-song hymns artist-made buns and biscuits and the possible appearance from the devil himself.; Dan Pearson is a garden and landscape designer writer and broadcaster. He was joint author of The Essential Garden Book with Sir Terence Conran and author of The Garden: A Year At Home Farm Spirit: Garden Inspiration and Home Ground: Sanctuary in the City. He has designed five award-winning Chelsea Flower Show gardens and was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2011. The exhibition Green Fuse: The Work of Dan Pearson runs from 23 May to 20 October 2013 at The Garden Museum London.; Tickets £15