A garden is less an imitation of Nature, than Nature herself put before our eyes, and called into play with Art. The Abbe Noel-Antoine Pluche (1688-1761), from Le spectacle de la Nature (Kruft 257)
Nature's workings, so inspiring to man, were imitated by him and then prodded with a little magic. (Neutra 97)
THE GARDEN HAS FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL been a part of utopia and the creation of utopian spaces. (1) Raw nature may threaten or it may beckon; it may terrify us or draw us ...