"For me, a good plant fulfils a specific function in the garden, and does it well."
In the literature I read of plants being used as Function, not poetry. In the world of production Plants may function by Sequestering carbon or cleaning the air. Plants may be used to draw lead out of the soil - Stabilize the bank of a stream or river - Break the wind, fix nitrogen, or protect The topsoil of a farm that lay fallow. But in the garden Plants are not technical objects. Plants may “do” something They signify, make allusions, affect But they don’t function. (I am drawn to the word “Gesture.”) Beware of false prophets Who write of plants that function. This is engineering speak Not poetry, design, nor gardening.
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March 2022
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