client wanted english cottage garden in phoenix. i said the roses will fight you and the lawn will hate you. she said she loves downton abbey. i designed native beds that look soft and don't need martyrdom. she cried at the presentation. good cry. i think. landscaping is grief counseling with soil samples.
The Client Wanted a English Cottage Garden in Arizona
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The Client Wanted an English Cottage Garden in Arizona
A client wanted an English cottage garden in Phoenix. I said the roses will fight you and the lawn will hate you. She said she loves Downton Abbey.
I designed native beds that look soft and do not require martyrdom. She cried at the presentation. Good cry, I think.
Landscaping in the desert is grief counseling with soil samples. People bring fantasies from wetter climates and ask you to make them real without changing the climate.
The job is not to mock the fantasy. It is to translate desire into something alive. Native planting is not surrender. It is honesty with better survival rates.
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