Throughout History great Gardens have been created to symbolize high ideals, to symbolize philosophical ideas and to depict perfect edens. Charles Jencks garden is a modern take on this theme, He is an intellectual with a history in architecture and design. His garden uses shapes and formulas from science and astronomy to create a ‘garden of the mind’. The video from the culture show by Andrew Graham Dixon gives a good idea of what it is about. It is a very ambitious idea, but I am not sure what I think about it. Is it just Disney for the intellectuals? As a gardener I think it must be a nightmare to maintain. As it is so artificial they must be continually battling with nature to keep it in a pristine condition. This is a problem of many very artificial land art works and one I find hard to justify.
www.bbc.co.uk/cultureshow/videos/2008/06/s5_e2_land/
www.hubreview.blogspot.com/2007/10/garden-of-sonic-recapitulation.html
www.offthefence.com/content/programme.php?EpID=125&ID=42&categories=7/
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