Mitate

Mitate (Mee,tah,teh), freely translated as "Seeing Anew" is the process of finding a new use for an old object.

Genius

To build to plant whatever you intend,
To rear the column, or the arch to bend,
To swell the Terras or to sink the Grot,
In all let Nature never be forgot.
Consult the Genius of the place in all.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Storytelling

Gardeners are storytellers. They should cultivate their plots.

Keep No Record

The Landscape Architect, or the Architect, or the Gardener, should make his plan as an instruction that will grow into place.
After that he takes his plan and throws it into a fire place, and keeps no record of it, because the next garden he makes must be completely different, because the garden is very, very private and belongs to an individual.

Louis I Khan (1901-1974) American Architect

Learning

The first and foremost principle is to learn from nature, do not copy nature, interpret it.

What Ought To Be

What is, should be the guide as to what ought to be.

Collecting

The most important object of a collection is the next one

Phillip Blom

Nature Corrects

I appreciate the misunderstanding I have had with Nature over my perennial border. I think it is a flower border; she thinks it is a meadow lacking in grass, and tries to correct the error

Sara Stein

Simplicity

Simplicity allows the senses to rest from stimulation

Gunilla Norris

Noteworthy Gardeners

The most noteworthy thing about gardeners is that they are always optimistic, always enterprising, and never satisfied

Vita Sackville West