You must have something new in a landscape as well as something old, something that's dying and something that's being born.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A healthy environment needs a balance of new and old, life and death.
- In plain terms
- Landscapes need both growth and decay to be complete.
- What can you take from it?
- Embrace change and cycles in nature.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What defines a healthy landscape?
- Is decay always necessary?
Another view
Some places thrive on uniformity rather than contrast.
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