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Article: Nature talking with nature.(landscape gardening)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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Charles Jencks has always believed in the importance of symbolism in garden art. Here, he explains how he has used gardens to interpret humanity's place in nature and the cosmos. Many of the illustrations are from the Scottish garden created at Portrack House in Scotland by Charles Jencks and his late wife Maggie Keswick.
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It is usual, when believing oneself original, to reinvent the wheel. In garden art and thinking about nature this danger is particularly acute, especially in an ecologically-sensitive age. John Dixon Hunt, professor of landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, has written a useful analysis, Greater ...