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I would appreciate your assessment of this direct quote from the magazine
Total Landscape Care (March 2007): 

[Rohlfes, with the California Landscape Contractors Association, says
contractors have little control over what they plant. "We give the public
what the public wants," he says. "It's not a matter of what we like."

Rappaport [an attorney who has represented native/natural landscaping
homeowners in court] says landscape professionals have a great deal of
influence their clients. "What they suggest a customer will likely do," he
says.

Although she has a well-publicized interest in native plants, Carol Lindsey,
owner of design firm Urban Renaissance in Portland, Oregon, says it is not
her place to use that influence. "It is not my job to convince or tell
people what they should have in their landscape as some sort of religious
mission. It is my job to learn about what they are interested in, not form
their views," she says.

That said, Lindsay acknowledges native landscaping is what a large
percentage of people in the Northwest want.]

Where do you think the opinions of the public are formed?

Maryann

Maryann Whitman, Journal Editor
Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes

www.for-wild.org

Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound
practices to encourage biodiversity through the preservation, restoration
and establishment of native plant communities. Wild Ones is a
not-for-profit, environmental, educational, and advocacy organization.

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