The garden is an interesting blend of natural form and artificial form. The natural form looks chaotic at some stages. The artificial form is simply that, horridly straight, perfected, and pragmatical. Then in the garden it is important to find balance between the two to acquire order.
The chaotic form is best found in the uncontrollable aspects. Plants that do not need to be pruned should not need to be, and, therefore, by being natural and chaotic to seem beautiful.
Where the artificial comes in is the parts which then can be predetermined. Such as, in a part of the garden backed by a wall or fence, to have the tallest species to the back, and the shortest to the front. This creates a pleasing slope for the eyes to follow higher and higher to the back wall. An arrangement with paths on either side might benefit from a doubling of the same arrangement. Where in closest to the paths the plants are shortest, to the middle they are tallest, and fall again to the other side.
When the artificial can organize nature in a way to make it pleasant to the human eye, then an order is created from the combining of the two forms. This applies to both decorative, and vegetable gardens. For decorative gardens this idea applies mainly to convenience of beauty, so that all the flowers and plants be seen. But in the vegetable garden it can be put to even greater use. Vegetables can be hung from trellis, and other ornamental support structures. Plants trained at angles will hang their fruit specifically to one side. The splendour is immeasurable, but the work is daunting…
p.s. I must think of some punishment for myself for posting one day late…
Hieronymus Syndrome 