Garden History Quotes

“Many of the world's best-designed cities have been inspired by garden concepts.”
― Tom Turner, Garden History: Philosophy and Design 2000 BC – 2000 AD

“There is much to learn about what could happen in the gardens of the future, should designers wish to learn about the past.”
― Tom Turner, Garden History: Philosophy and Design 2000 BC – 2000 AD

“Having lasted for 4,000 years, the use of nature's materials to express ideas about nature may be expected to continue. The best garden designs are produced with an awareness of the art, science, history, geography, philosophy, social habits and construction techniques of their period.”
― Tom Turner, Garden History: Philosophy and Design 2000 BC – 2000 AD

“The strengths landscape architecture draws from its garden design heritage include: the Vitruvian design tradition of balancing utility, firmness and beauty; use of the word 'landscape' to mean 'a good place' - as the objective of the design process; a comprehensive approach to open space planning involving city parks, greenways and nature outside towns; a planning theory about the contextualisation of development projects; the principle that development plans should be adapted to their landscape context.”
― Tom Turner, Garden History: Philosophy and Design 2000 BC – 2000 AD