"Build your own prison", he said at the start.
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She laughed.
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3 years later, pieces of the start have already been undone.
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She laughed then too, remembering his words.
Boring is Good
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I design gardens for a living, he of build-your-own-prison, installs gardens commercial/residential, for a living.
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We have 60+ years in our livelihoods.
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Take our words at the front end.
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If you don't, the epitaph is not propitious.
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Worse than money lost, you will have frittered time.
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Money can be earned.
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No one can earn time.
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Build your own prison. Boring is good.
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Keep it simple sweetie.
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Outside a client's hedge, below.
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It's packing a punch.
Inside the same corner of hedge, below.
Several cars park here, on view from every back window of the house.
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Boring is good, but includes intellect, wit, function, delight to the eye in every season, attractiveness to pollinators, easy to maintain, raises property value, lowers HVAC, & etc....
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Counterintuitively, wickedly boring gardens showcase your inner joy, laughter, intellect, and are more unique than any garden you could conjure with your lizard brain.
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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
This client now sees into the soul of person as they walk/talk with her in her garden. What they see, or don't see, and spontaneously respond/react to informs reams about their heart.
1 comment:
Though this is only "boring" in the sense of how it isn't "busy".
I showed a college class I taught a decade ago, a few examples of large space design and how that relates plant selection and design...the reaction to a Phoenix freeway really surprised me...the simplicity of bougainvilleas on the slopes, and intersection clumps of low desert acacia trees / succulents as seen from 70 mph totally went against brainwashing, how busy = good design.
Boring even with bold flowers in huge banks didn't even win them over. Great reminders here, Tara.
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