6. Topiary – Pleasant Place
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6. Topiary – Pleasant Place
A garden embodies transitional space by being in-between the home and the landscape that lies beyond. Within it, wild nature and cultivated nature overlap and the gardener’s scrabbling about in the earth is not at odds with dreams of paradise or civilised ideals of refinement and beauty. The garden is a place where these polarities come together, m
... See moreSue Stuart-Smith • The Well Gardened Mind
Just as trees grow flowers and fruits, humanity creates works of art.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
In 17th century France, the monarchy expressed its royal, God-given prowess through the total subjugation of natural ecology. Wilderness was reduced to clipped hedges, topiary, seriality and flatness. All hail king boxwood.