tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746683755067841448.post8999753558625629687..comments2023-09-28T07:28:03.904-07:00Comments on Hinc Videndum: Web Scribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555991664318191365noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746683755067841448.post-77396364182633918172008-03-08T13:47:00.000-08:002008-03-08T13:47:00.000-08:00Last week’s blog made me think that I missed an in...Last week’s blog made me think that I missed an interesting discussion. Now there is no doubt about it. The ‘AI’ approach has a great deal of merit and the more I think about the concept the more I feel it could be an answer to a lot of our problems. Too often we are trying to identify the problem and fix it instead of making the good things better. I have heard the best way to keep pests at bay in a garden is to ensure the plants are health instead of trying to kill the pests. <BR/><BR/>This last summer I visited a garden designed by one of my landscape heroes, Humphry Repton. In 1812 while we Canadians were trying to repel an infestation of southern terrorists trying to illegally border cross, Humphry and his architect son John were designing Sheringham Park in Norfolk, England. Humphry really did not have any formal training but his ability was evident to me, my travelling friend and Repton's landowner clients. His novel approach to design was to amplify the natural beauty of the property. He would cut trees and plant more to accentuate the rolling landscape or to frame a view to a neighbouring church. Unlike others who cleared, leveled and dominated everything they owned, Repton encouraged an appreciation of his personal vision of nature that has influenced most of our parks today. It amazed me to think that while he had such an impact on this profession, the impact on the land is barely noticeable. <BR/><BR/>Your blog quoted the mighty sage, Monty Python, so let me quote another 'equally important' scholarly source, the TV show Kung Fu. In a ‘voice over’ at the beginning of each episode the kung fu master would tell his charge that he would not graduate until he could traverse a path of rice paper without leaving a mark. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I think that an individual’s success should be based on the ability to make a change without necessarily making a mark.mackie100https://www.blogger.com/profile/12273074806550853996noreply@blogger.com