The Gardens of GodThe LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed (Gen. 2: 8). From the very beginning of Scripture, key moments in Gods plan of salvation have played out in gardens, from the Garden of Eden to the Garden of the Resurrection. In The Gardens of God, Cardinal Arthur Roche reflects on these gardens as images of the spiritual life. The sorrow of Gethsemane, the joy of the empty tomb, the intimacy of the