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The Seven Seasons
Die Sieben JahreszeitenIllustrations for Isabelle Van Groeningen’s wonderful book on gardening in Germany. Published by Insel/Suhrkamp in February 2022.
Available to purchase online.
Each painting takes you through Isabelle’s seven season philosophy on gardening.
Left, ‘Early Summer’, below, ‘Summer’.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36d7306aea7b5d0c8b8ea28fee4bec3120e0620f536d2ac2d1e548592c98f7f3/4-Summer.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d421806a86d3f15210cb15f764a22487433d5d23d278a6fc166d94260f0c5a27/2.April-June.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df438f245981a9f6e7bed1c8db3a3770d7cb10d85dc2ae79388e6ed23de0d4bb/Serviceberry.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be75cf05d3cc57db4260f249185400eae423c3088683211047364bd851131391/6-Autumn.png)
Left, ‘April-June’; right, ‘Autumn’.
“This book is a wealth of knowledge... At times [Isabelle Van Groeningen]
puts it in a poetic way, so that all her deep love for garden art shines
through in the lines. [The] drawings as well as the illustrations ... make
this book a thoroughly tactile pleasure.”
puts it in a poetic way, so that all her deep love for garden art shines
through in the lines. [The] drawings as well as the illustrations ... make
this book a thoroughly tactile pleasure.”
Below: Clockwise from left, ‘Early Autumn’; ‘December - February’; Vignettes from the book; ‘December - February’.
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![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/159e4eef2bc26897a66f1561caa7e06a240448ee0f59ea8edbb2bc229b9fce04/Winter-Dec-Feb.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5a523040a95296103346392aa4f6054c7f0b715bf772cd4e69fde1c92b39bb8/Bird-With-Caterpillar.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e71c47a8b78185031c66b918a9779d1455119ea354742696d9bee59159bb2569/Mower.png)