Re: North Hill/Native Plant Movementissues raised re: native vs. exotic plants? What was the tenor of the audience? I'm asking because this is not only an issue I've grappled with for years, but it's also been a very hot topic elsewhere. I'm very sorry I missed this.Appreciate anything you'd like to discuss.issues raised re: native vs. exotic plants? What was the tenor of the audience? I'm asking because this is not only an issue I've grappled with for years, but it's also been a very hot topic elsewhere. I'm very sorry I missed this.Appreciate anything you'd like to discuss.Jaime
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- Subject: Re: North Hill/Native Plant Movementissues raised re: native vs. exotic plants? What was the tenor of the audience? I'm asking because this is not only an issue I've grappled with for years, but it's also been a very hot topic elsewhere. I'm very sorry I missed this.Appreciate anything you'd like to discuss.issues raised re: native vs. exotic plants? What was the tenor of the audience? I'm asking because this is not only an issue I've grappled with for years, but it's also been a very hot topic elsewhere. I'm very sorry I missed this.Appreciate anything you'd like to discuss.Jaime
- From: S* V* <s*@geh.org>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 12:57:15 +0000
Dear Jaime and Sue: sorry it's taken me a while to respond - I get this
list in digest form.
Tres Fromme's presentation at the North Hill Symposium was titled "Wilde
Nature, Wilder Gardens: Why I don't do Nature." Basically, his thesis
juxtaposed Oscar Wilde-ian artifice or the pursuit of the sensual vs.
Nature and the puritannical natural plant movement. His presentation was
certainly tongue and cheek to a certain extent, but he raised several
points of why we should be wary of the native plant movement. He really
questioned what was "natural" in a garden in the first place,
stipulating that gardens aren't truth, they are fantasy. He posited that
horticultural practices apply natural systems in one's garden, but
gardens are really more like the theatre, using conflict and collections
to create action or a performance. His slides were good and very
humorous. His talk was well received by the audience. I couldn't help
but thinking that when there's such a large audience (about 200 people)
there's a certain pressure to perform and even be outrageous. It
certainly was thought provoking.
--Stacey
-snip-
Would you mind elaborating a bit on some of the
issues raised re: native vs. exotic plants? What was the tenor
of the audience?
Jaime
-snip-
What does this mean? No, I KNOW what "native plants" are. I have many,
myself. what does this mean, as an issue?? Why is it a hot topic??
This is something I haven't heard about.
Thanks,
Sue P.
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