[william martin]

“This discussion is getting more complicated than it’s worth.  Forget about “LAs don’t know plants” because when there are 2,500 different selections of Dianthus to choose from who gives a crap anymore.”

Errrrr

Rick i don’t need to read anything to know what garden/landscape is but I do find it rather interesting that at a time when public spaces should be more plant rich (environment) they are becoming the opposite.

I suspect this suits public (and private business) in keeping the ongoing costs of maintenance down..I sometimes think that Municipal bodies would be happy if all green life disappeared from their patch!

 

 

[william martin]

Leslie, ‘Gardens imply the hand of man somewhat more’ Mmm i would have thought that most LA work alludes more to that ‘hand’ than spaces softened by living matter?

[william martin]

Thanks Henry, I would have thought it unimportant if i were LA or otherwise as the Q was quite plain and straight forward! I however thought the ‘fight’ to be reasonable tame all things considered!  I enjoyed the banter!

 

 

 

[william martin]

Henry, I am not a LA and it was a Q out of curiosity as to how LAs view their work . many folk regard (maybe more so older generations) LA work as NOT garden despite the use of plants.

Perhaps LA designed public spaces are indeed gardens of OUR time with a new moniker?

I read somewhere that LD was more something to be viewed from a distance rather than the notion that ‘garden’ is something to be immersed in.?

 

[william martin]

Woops I get it!

[william martin]

Grand statement..to what are you referring?

[william martin]

would like to hear what you have to say about the question posed.

Is this a Q for me Henry?

[william martin]

Mmmm Lets take a LA design for around an office block downtown…where does the landscape begin and end?

[william martin]

Thanks all for your input..there are many interpretations to be had, some better than others Last but not least..When one visits a public garden one might say “I am going to #### garden.” Does one say if entering a LA area “I am going to #### landscape”?

[william martin]

leslie..fair enough but a lot of LA displays ‘mechanics’ over ‘landscape’..often with outdated ‘idea’s’ from the fine arts arena ..Is fine art a component of LA training?

[william martin]

jordan, i think you might find many trained garden designers use ‘design principles’ before choosing plantlife too.

 

 

[william martin]

another

http://thinkingardens.co.uk/articles/can-professional-designers-really-hope-to-emulate-those-for-whom-a-garden-is-a-lifes-work/

[william martin]

Richardsons article link

http://thinkingardens.co.uk/articles/did-you-say-the-g-word-wash-your-mouth-out-with-soap/

[william martin]

L.A.s seemed to be called in for even quite small spaces..what makes an LA approach different to a Garden designer?

[william martin]

So where does the landscape sit?

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