Contrast - Part 2
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Georgene A. Bramlage
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» Kirk_Johnson - Re: I can picture
In response to I can picture posted by jerrib:What sort of garden do you have now? Are there mixed borders along the edge of your yard?
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Georgene A. Bramlage
- Gardens in mind and greeting cards...
Formal gardens tend to have strong geometric patterns which provide plenty of contrast without much thought from the designer, but lack of contrast is a very common flaw in informal gardens...
How true...perhaps this is why gardenrs who want cottage gardens are so often disappointed. The same is true of wildflower meadows where, unless planning has been strict and well tought out, there will be periods of lack of contrast.
All the principles of design are a check on each other...This balance between the principles of design should be the primary goal of any designer...
Again...how very, very true 
Thank you, Kirk, for a continuing series of well thought out and educational articles. Most of us know, all to well, how hard it is to sit down and capture in words on paper what we sometimes know intuitively and from experience.
Georgene
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» Kirk_Johnson - Contrast
I saw a program on HGTV the other day. I think that it was called "The City Gardener" or "Urban Gardener" - something like that. The designer came up with a really interesting use of contast in a long narrow garden. He created a chain of connected circular decks which were like huge stepping stones. The contrast between these decks and the informal plantings was fantastic. He was being careful about grouping colors, but the design was so strong that he could have used a riot of color.-- posted by Kirk_Johnson
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