It’s like they want to pin an expiry date on it – so they can rush onto something else.įrom what I see, the New Perennialism is more like an ‘Open Source’ language of planting design. Or a style that can go out out of fashion. To make it into a fashion that can go out of style. Some people seem determined to try and box the movement in. Finding beauty in the acceptance of death and decay in the garden followed by reincarnation each spring. Regardless of whether you plant out a humble rain barrel, or a vast matrix meadow, it presents the opportunity to work with the most mercurial of living materials, shapeshifting in space and time.īecause the New Perennialism is not so much a style, as it is a philosophy. Grounded in ecological awareness, design fundamentals, and intuition. But it offers a visual language one can learn to speak fluently. It is a form of gardening, which feeds and rewards curiousity. Just the pupils in your eyes.īut when you do get into the dirt, keep in mind the main idea of this naturalistic approach to planting design is to dig, experiment, look, learn, and ultimately make it your own. In truth, because the New Perennial movement can belong to anyone and everyone.įirst and foremost, it’s about seeing plants in all their four-dimensional splendour and experiencing the slow-motion fireworks, which ensue as they flow and interact. This is a movement which belongs to no one.
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