{"id":4599,"date":"2010-06-06T06:30:26","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T06:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/?p=4599"},"modified":"2010-06-06T06:30:26","modified_gmt":"2010-06-06T06:30:26","slug":"in-search-of-sustainable-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/in-search-of-sustainable-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"In search of Sustainable Gardens&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/sustainable-garden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/sustainable-garden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So what is the\u00a0sustainable aesthetic about? I\u00a0suggest a few characteristics might be common to the sustainable garden aesthetic:<\/p>\n<p>* \u00a0mimicking nature\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>* minimal interference with the\u00a0landscape<\/p>\n<p>* native plant selection<\/p>\n<p>* eco-material selection ie timber and\u00a0stone<\/p>\n<p>* bushland settings<\/p>\n<p>* curved lines<\/p>\n<p>* low water, low chemical and low maintenance<\/p>\n<p>* absence of paths,\u00a0boundary fences\u00a0and made roads<\/p>\n<p>For a garden see: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-ga.com.au\">http:\/\/www.e-ga.com.au<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For a\u00a0plant aesthetic see: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/42478440@N00\/517961141\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/42478440@N00\/517961141<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For an idea of how art &amp; sustainability (green design)\u00a0might have a more dramatic relationship also\u00a0see the El Molino garden, a blend of formalism and naturalism <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthonyexter.com\/gardens\/el_molino\/2.php\">http:\/\/www.anthonyexter.com\/gardens\/el_molino\/2.php<\/a>\u00a0which possibly focuses on reduced resource use (water and\u00a0energy) and\u00a0plant selection , rather than a strictly natural aesthetic in the form,\u00a0layout and background to the scheme.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So what is the\u00a0sustainable aesthetic about? I\u00a0suggest a few characteristics might be common to the sustainable garden aesthetic: * \u00a0mimicking nature\u00a0 * minimal interference with the\u00a0landscape * native plant selection * eco-material selection ie timber and\u00a0stone * bushland settings * curved lines * low water, low chemical and low maintenance * absence of paths,\u00a0boundary fences\u00a0and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,18,24],"tags":[140,196,236,198],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}