Saturday, September 4, 2010

Double Axis

Looking along a path, below, in one direction. Looking along the same path, below, in its opposite direction.
DOUBLE AXIS. (Same garden as yesterday's post.)
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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
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Double Axis, my landscape design invention (la-ti-da). I noticed the best gardens have beautiful axis, and when you turn around they are beautiful along the opposite axis, DOUBLE AXIS.
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So, dear poppets, it's not merely good enough to have a beautiful view. You must have a beautiful view in 2 directions along the same line.
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Of course you can throw a roundabout into your Double Axis and create a Double Double Axis. Life is good when these are your musings.
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7 comments:

  1. Desert DwellerSeptember 4, 2010 at 11:35 AM

    Your "double axis" is even nicer since one is to a sunny view, the other to a shady woodland = assymetrical balance. Still balance.

    Speaking of sunny & shady...better get on my hike!

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  2. Jeanne HenriquesSeptember 4, 2010 at 11:47 AM

    I love stopping in here Tara...I always learn something new! Wish I had a 'double axis'!!

    Jeanne :)

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  3. The House That A-M BuiltSeptember 4, 2010 at 3:49 PM

    Now that is a mighty fine garden, double axis and all! A-M xx

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  4. the gardener's cottageSeptember 4, 2010 at 4:58 PM

    hi tara,

    now i get it! coming and going must be pretty. i'll work on that this fall.

    ~janet

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  5. SaypointSeptember 5, 2010 at 9:14 AM

    Nice blog, but your definition of double axis is incorrect. A double axis is a design in which two separate sightlines cross at a 90 degree angle. Your examples are single axis, not double. In a double axis, one axis is usually dominant, being contructed with more important elements, and the other is subordinate, being simpler in design. Example: a lawn with formal borders crossed at some point by a grass path leading off at the sides. Or a paved element crossed by unpaved or paved with less formal materials.

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  6. Tara DillardSeptember 5, 2010 at 9:47 AM

    Saypoint, You are so right !! But that is not my invention. Tara's Double Axis is a beautiful view in both directions along a single line. And I choose to call it Double Axis.

    And I don't care if the view is the underside of a deck or an air-conditioner at one end. It must be made beautiful. Double Axis !!

    XO T

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  7. Linda@ Lime in the CoconutSeptember 5, 2010 at 2:08 PM

    Hmmm...Mden path is a tad over-ruy garn by lime green sweet potatoes. Time to get out the machete again!

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