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Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the
visible features of an area of land, including but not limited to:
living elements, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly referred to
as Gardening, the art and craft of growing plants with a goal of creating
a beautiful environment within the landscape.
natural elements such as landforms, terrain shape and elevation, or bodies
of water;
human elements such as structures, buildings, fences or other material
objects created and/or installed by humans; and
abstract elements such as the weather and lighting conditions.
Landscaping is both science and art, and requires good observation and
design skills. A good landscaper understands the elements of nature and
construction, and blends them accordingly.
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Los Laureles Company
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Sonoma, Ca, 707 963-1652
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An early Greek philosopher known for his view that "all is water,"
spent a considerable time thinking about the nature and scope of
landscaping. Some of his students believed that in order for human
activity to be considered landscaping, it must be directed toward
modifying the physical features of the land itself, including the
cultivation and/or manipulation of plants or other flora. Thales
rejected this notion, arguing that any aspect of the material world
affecting our visual perception of the land was a proper subject for
landscaping. Both Plato and Aristotle praised Thales' analysis as a
model for philosophy. In the early 20th century, British philosopher
G.E. Moore cited Thales' reasoning as one of the few historical
examples of how philosophical inquiry has led to genuine human
understanding and progress.
Philosophers in the 17th century debated whether visual beauty was a
necessary goal of landscaping. With the advent of the positivists by
the early 20th century, however, most western philosophers had
rejected the notion of an objective esthetic standard for any form of
art, including landscaping. Practitioners since the mid-20th century
have experimented with jarring visual panoramas that are now generally
accepted, at least in western societies, as falling within the scope
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