The Importance of Garden Design
Do gardens have to be designed? Or to put this question another way, do gardens have to be designed by human garden designers?
This is a surprisingly controversial question. Clearly, according to the Bible, the Garden of Eden was designed independently of man and woman, although arguably for their benefit. Less dogmatically, there’s a clear case to be made that the best gardens are actually not intentionally designed. I completely subscribe to this viewpoint. Some of the places that I view as the most beautiful gardens that I have ever seen are in the wilderness, and untouched by human hands.
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