Elements of design: symmetry
Article Abstract:
Humans have a natural love of symmetry. In gardens symmetry is a person's way of arranging nature, of controlling it. When perfect symmetry is not found, its subtler form balance, is adhered to. Each object or form on one side has a balancing, but not identical, form on the other.
Publisher: F & W Publishing Corp.
Publication Name: Horticulture, The Magazine of American Gardening
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0018-5329
Year: 1992
Psychological aspects, Design and construction, Symmetry, Gardens
Publication Name: Horticulture, The Magazine of American Gardening
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0018-5329
Year: 1992
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Elements of design: time
Article Abstract:
Gardens, like people, age. The young garden has a different character than the old. The life cycle of a garden is characterized more by subtraction than addition as the various species compete for light and space.
Publisher: F & W Publishing Corp.
Publication Name: Horticulture, The Magazine of American Gardening
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0018-5329
Year: 1992
Analysis, Gardening
Publication Name: Horticulture, The Magazine of American Gardening
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0018-5329
Year: 1992
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