Happy New Year 2010
Happy New Year to every every garden. How would you like to see garden design develop in 2010? Personally, I would like to see gardens become more useful, more beautiful and better built:
- More useful gardens: gardens should be used to grow more food.
- More beautiful gardens: pay no attention to what is seen in garden centres (unless the garden centre employs talented garden designers to layout their stores).
- Better construction for gardens: we like the idea of thrifty garden design: (1) DIY using local materials (2) DIY using recycled garden construction materials (3) being strict about ‘using materials of only the best quality’
Should every kitchen should have a window and every kitchen window should have a box for growing herbs?
[Images courtesy Stephanie Adamo]
I am all for materials both of a high quality finish and of a more humble origin. Australia’s pre-eminent architect Glenn Murcutt is a master of the simple finish [ http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/12/07/JTMURCUTT_big,0.jpg ]:
“Malouf defines what makes Murcutt’s work so remarkable. The materials are simple, but coupled with the detail and thoughtfulness to create a kind of opulence.”
In landscape terms? Michael Hellgren is worth watching! [ http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/living_walls_made_out_of_plants_by_michael_hellgren_9232.asp ]
Simple.[ http://www.verticalgardendesign.com/dldocs/CASA-ESTORIL.jpg ]