Audio Book | Gardens for the Desert | Chapter 4

Gaining Further Insights on Rhodes. This chapter highlights Richard Bödeker's early encounters with arid regions, beginning on the Greek island of Rhodes in the 1960s. He was commissioned by Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza to plan a private estate, but Bödeker convinced him to build a resort for 3,500 tourists instead. Political upheaval in Greece eventually halted the project, but Bödeker’s experience there sparked his interest in dry landscapes and the importance of revegetation, encapsulated in his motto, "Green first!"...