Furthermore, our national characteristics demand in our garden something to satisfy our ï¾µsthetic taste, which delights in the subtle beauty of the inconsistencies of life and in a tender attempt to accomplish things possible in the impossible thing we know as life. We strive to be natural with our gardens and crave to satisfy our yearning for Nature. In them we emphasise the charm of restrained quality and of concealing beauty so that it may be discovered, giving that thrill of joy to the soul which comes from doing a good deed in stealth to have it found out by an accident. Thus, at least in its ideals, our garden by no means stops at merely creating and arranging beautiful spots, but aims to be natural, in order to give peace and rest, and be a fitting abode in which the soul can wander and find nourishment.
