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Comment on Where is this garden, famous for its sub-tropical planting? by Christine Storry

Christine Storry — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:50:46 +0000

I am wondering if Peterson ever contemplated that strange period of history between the Garden of Eden and the resting of the Ark on dry land? Only eight people – and numerous pairs of animals – emerged from the Ark to start life on earth anew. So somewhere beneath those swirling waters are the remains of the civilisations, peoples etc, that emerged in the period of time between these two events. Certainly room for extinctions and other phenomenon.
Science gets many things wrong as it improves our knowledge and understanding of the world around us – visible and invisible – but we could also say comprehensible and incomprehensible. Until very recently it was assumed Indigenous Australian had a 40,000 year history, but it is now beginning to be acknowledged that the history is 70,000 plus. Who knows how far back in time it extends?
And there is still much the Western mind has yet to comprehend about its knowledge systems. That is not to say that they are incomprehensible…as they are perfectly understandable to Indigenous Australians themselves!
Of course Peterson was only young when his faith was challenged by his own questioning mind and another’s lack of answers.
Perhaps we will enter an era…..where science and belief no longer seem at odds?

Comment on 2019 Chelsea Flower Show Garden Designs by Christine

Christine — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 02:15:16 +0000

I am noticing in design discourse lately the use of the word ‘style’ as almost a synonym for an ‘aesthetic’, and its even looser use as a term closer to ‘mood’ in less design versed circles. (For example the use of Hampton style in the ‘styling’ of developments.
This radical uncoupling of design aesthetics from design theory is problematic, as with architects it has historically lead to such moments in history as they battle of styles’.
It is Interesting here that you are looking at both what designers are doing and what the are saying to identify that something new and different from what was previously happening (what designers were previously saying and the work they were previously doing) is occurring within garden design.

Comment on Tour of Persian Gardens by Christine

Christine — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 02:03:42 +0000

Paradise? The Garden of Eden was paradise lost? We only have snippets of a description of what it was like. Can there be a Paradise on Earth again where you can walk with God in the cool of the evening? What makes Paradise now? Is this subjective? Is is there a philosophy/theology behind the Persian concept of Paradise? Children are said to experience a Paradise of innocence.

Comment on Forest architecture: work, play, live? by Christine

Christine — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 01:15:26 +0000

At present there is a small controversy raging over a proposal to build a zip-line from the top of Mt Cootha through a forest reserve. Zipping close by the nesting site of the powerful owl! The proposal to develop the top of Mt Cootha in Brisbane also has a tree or canopy walk.
So again there is a conflict between the human desire for entertainment and novelty, the potential for profiting from this desire, ecological services to the city and the needs of nature – particularly the forest inhabitants.

Comment on Stupas, conservation, heritage, historic gardens in Ladakh by Tom Turner

Tom Turner — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:52:49 +0000

In reply to Joseph Phillips. Looking after stupas in Ladakh is often done as an unpaid community activity (rather like Tomb-Sweeping during the Qingming Festival in China (sorry about the slow response!)

Comment on Stupas, conservation, heritage, historic gardens in Ladakh by xiaomin

xiaomin — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 09:34:09 +0000

Surely，if people don’t even have enough food to survive, they may don’t think to pay for conservation a cultural landscape.

Comment on Stupas, conservation, heritage, historic gardens in Ladakh by Joseph Phillips

Joseph Phillips — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 21:57:59 +0000

Very interesting article. Thanks for posting.
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Comment on Damien Hirst of Toddington Manor by Christine

Christine — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 04:04:24 +0000

Having considered the cultural aspects of architecture quite closely, should it be a surprise to discover a decidedly rebellious contemporary artist has purchased a traditional manor house. Perhaps, this acquisition is a rite of passage?

If so, what can we expect in a garden by a founding YBA? Will the garden be a reflection of the manor or of the illustrious career of its newest occupant?

Or will Damien Hirst set out to make an independant contribution to British Garden Design?

Comment on Donald Trump unveils new White House garden design by Christine

Christine — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 06:19:39 +0000

Your post made me wonder about the history of gold statutues in garden design? Perhaps the idea behind Trump offering gardenvisit’s cub reporter the opportunity to be a competition judge was the economic revitalistion of Washington. The meter maids of the Gold Coast similarly are famous for wearing gold bikinis. It will be interesting to see if they continue their ‘iconic’ ambassadorial role during the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Comment on Donald Trump unveils new White House garden design by Robert Holden

Robert Holden — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 08:51:05 +0000

Isn’t the White House to be done over in gold leaf as well, come 20 January?