Desertification starts at home
What
does gardening have to do with desertification? Everything. How we choose to
design and plan our environment is the main job for the gardener or landscaper.
The specific objective of creating a pleasant environment using natural elements
of plants, stone, gravel and dirt. We can look at history and see the results
of a certain type of gardening based on designs that are quite intellectual
and referential. All through the Mediterranean, Turkey, the Middle East, and
even Mexico under the influences of the Mayans. one can see the effects of cutting
down trees and spreading the gravel and leveling the land to create safe and
neat places
The
creation of great temples and buildings at the expense of the environment has
been a historic problem. Mayan deforestation. I have heard a hypothesis that
the Mayan civilization collapsed due to burning the forest to make the lime
necessary to stucco all the buildings and temples in the great cities. A certain
type of aesthetic that our modern culture still participates in
This
is a human metaphysical condition that we are dealing with. How does man define
himself in nature? Why do we so need to alter the natural world so much so that
we are comfortable. Delimiting the yard creating borders and divisions that
are clearly demarcated. The idea of clean lines and neatness instead of a constellation
of causes and complex systems with multiple layers of interaction.
Greek deforestation
French deforestation The source of the elaborate geometric linear tradition
in the garden. Versailles
partial
essay
Versailles
the garden of kings and peasants. A garden that was created to be referenced
from one vantage point, the kings veranda. Thousand of peasants referenced the
garden from behind a shovel and in the ditch.
calendar
all
original material© plantx.com. all rights reserved. Terms of use/ copyrights
last
updated jan 2004 po box 1342 austin texas 78767