More Garden Philosophy
Gardening and landscaping, it seems to me, are making a slow but large shift in definition, mindset, and desire. At risk of taking a great quote out of context (from a larger analysis on lawns in Second Nature and Michael Pollan’s subtle disagreement with them), he writes, “Gardening, I had by now come to appreciate, is a painstaking exploration of place; everything that happens in my garden- the thriving and dying of particular plants, the maraudings of various insects and other pests- teaches me to know this patch of land more intimately, its geology and microclimate, the particular ecology of…