Design thinking from the blog Miss Rumphius’ Rules by @susancohan .
Berta and Nate Atwater have made a landscape that is sublime in its simplicity. Boundary walls of native stone and sweeps of short mowed paths are punctuated with trained and pruned plants. The wild and the cultivated exist side by side and as complements to each other. The big idea for me was the low mowed paths. These areas of nothing much that allow the eye and mind to rest or wander are what many gardeners would consider unused space to be filled were restful and contemplative. It takes a confidence to allow void to be the thing. A mowed path through tall meadows and grasses is nothing new and common in large country gardens. This was different in its short and shorter stature and allowed the views and verticals to sit equally.
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” It takes a confidence to allow void to be the thing”
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