Re: Labryinth gardens

Melody,
After the London rejection, it sounds like you could use a meditiation garden.

Now, I've never actually been to one, but it seems as though gardeners,
as artists - just as writers as artists - can do their own variations on
any technique. It's what makes their work special. So choosing lower
maintenance materials and design should be the perrogative of the
artist.


In a recent FG mag there was a short section on different designs. One
that really captured my eye was supposed to be a meditative maze. The
collection of gardens had a musical theme and this particular one was a
circular path with a garden border on either side that wound round
itself, much like the way the yellow brick road starts out. The borders
had lots of beautiful flowers but also low maintence grasses.


Any garden is eventually what the tenders make of it. Even a low
maintence garden looks shabby if not tended as needed. Then people are
more likely to notice the shabbiness than the beautiful design. So I
think your design should depend on how much assistance your priest
thinks he can find for you among the congregation.


Good luck with your manuscript. 

Kitty


-------Original Message-------
From: Melody <mhobertm@excite.com>
Sent: 02/28/03 04:42 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: [CHAT] Labryinth gardens

> 
> Dear all: Have missed you guys the past couple of days...for some
strange reason, I missed about two days worth of messages...nothing came
in from the list and nothing I sent to the list made it...it was
miserable...like Auralie, I've missed you guys. Now, I've got a
question...does anyone have any kind of experience with labryinth
gardens? They are a type of meditative walking maze and our parish
priest would like to talk about incorporating this into the garden we
are planning but from what I've seen in my beginning research, they look
pretty complicated and very high maintenance...just need some thoughts.


Also, for those of you who have expressed an interest...my book was
rejected by the London publisher, so I guess I get to try again
elsewhere. Ooh...I've never taken rejection well--too many abandonment
issues buried deep in my psyche, I guess-- so this should be a good life
lesson, huh???



Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
--Albert Einstein

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