Look at the sheer creativity, ingenuity and talent involved in a garden, not to mention the glorious results in leaf and flower.
Aesthetic principles abound in gardening.
This is especially obvious in the stylization of bonsai, or the artificiality of topiary, but also in the lines of any tree mindfully pruned over time. And an adept pruner knows which branch to take off and which to leave for the future health and shape of the tree. Using plants as a medium requires the same kind of knowledge and discernment that an artist brings to the choice of metal, stone or pigments. As a sculptor may shape raw material into three- dimensional form, we grow our garden sculptures over time, using imagination and skill to envision and influence the final results. Think of the fabulous range of architectural plants we have in our kit of raw materials - cardoons, phormiums, agaves, yuccas, ornamental grasses.