Design and the Garden

By Nick de la Mare - October 28, 2009

The history of gardening is a fascinating subject because it is, at its core, a history of dominant design styles. Perhaps because gardens feel so permanent and unchanging we take the formal qualities of what a garden should look or feel like for granted; representing a style that has always been and always will be. But the garden is anything but that; instead, it’s a constantly changing ecosystem, evolving from season to season and from formal style to style.

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