Posted February 27, 2009 by Matt Cole, Director of Education
Song in the Garden by James Gurney
People love to use their imagination to create new worlds. It doesn’t matter if its a child creating a fairy garden or a grown-up gardener contemplating a new design for the spring: world-building is a favorite activity of almost everyone. And the right blend of imagination and realistic techniques can make the world as compelling as our own.
James Gurney created not merely art and books, but an entire phenomenon by pairing children’s fantasy and scientific illustration techniques into reconstruction of the imaginary Dinotopia.
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Posted May 24, 2008 by Matt Cole, Director of Education
It’s true landscape architects speak about a concept called “borrowed views.” You don’t own the bucolic pasture, the fabulous waterfront, or the mountain range to your west, but you can see it from your window. You’re “borrowing” that view to add to your own space. But when I say “seen-again” plant, I mean taking a fresh look at what seemed to be known.
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Posted May 9, 2008 by Matt Cole, Director of Education
Flowers don’t wave to gardeners. They grow, they bloom, they wave gently in the breeze, but they don’t wave to gardeners, even if gardeners wave first. They reserve their flirtatious side for pollinators. They only wave to catch the roving eye of insects.
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