3/29/2019 On Trimming PlantsFirst off
I always feel I need to find the right photo to aid an idea's representation. But we can't have our mouths paralyzed and be left without words just because people prefer to look at pictures. ... Most often What I confront in the field are not plants that need trimming but shaping. Sometimes trimming isn't enough. We need to start specifying that shaping be done. "Trimming" is part of maintenance. "Shape" and "form" are elements of design. And if you look around you'll see that the way we seem to care for our plants here In "The Buffalo Garden" Is by trimming them, never shaping. ... This idea is part of a larger conversation I want to have on "the spring clean up." I believe the clean up is composed of three separate elements - Cleaner and manicurist; Plant health and care giver (horticulturist); and designer/visual person - elements that are the basics of a, not having a name for it really, a person who tends to and cares for gardens and landscapes. Most of what we have come to think of as a "landscaper" now specializes in the first element - raking and edging. They are tasked with trimming but with a hand for neatness and cleaning not an eye to recognize repetition or line and form. Comments are closed.
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AuthorFrom Matthew Dore, the "I" voice of Buffalo Horticulture and "The Buff Hort Project." Archives
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