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The Garden in Motion

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The source of inspiration for the Garden in Motion is neglected land (friche): a parcel of land left behind
(dlaiss) to the unhindered development of those plants that settle there. Livres
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On such pieces of land , the existing sources of energy - growth, struggle, shifting, exchange - do not encounter
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the obstacles usually set up to oblige nature to yield to geometry, to tidiness, or any other cultural principal . This
energy encounters the gardener, who attempts to shape it to his advantage without altering its dynamics: to do Les Jardins de rsistance

as much as possible for and as little as possible against is a rsum of the Garden in Motion. Le Jardin Plantaire
Le Jardin en Mouvement
As with all species that sustain life - plants, animals, humans - the Garden in Motion is subject to the evolutionary
process resulting from long term interaction. In this case, the Gardeners task is to interpret these interactions in Parcours Professionnel

order to decide which type of gardening he must undertake. Which balance between shadow and light, which Collge de France
adjustment among the species present, with, as an objective, to maintain and increase biological diversity, a Expositions
source of wonder, a guarantee for the future. This requires: Videos / Radio

- maintaining and increasing the biological quality of the substrate: water, land, air Textes en copyleft
- intervention with as little means as possible, limited input, water use, machines Images en copyleft

Such a state of mind leads the gardener to observe more and garden less; to become more closely acquainted Crdits

with the species and their behavior in order to make more efficient use of their natural capacities without
expenditure of contrary energy and time.
One of the most remarkable aspects in the management dynamics of the Garden in Motion is the physical
displacement of life on the grounds.
This rapid and spectacular displacement concerns short- cycled herbaceous specimens - annuals, semi-annuals
(poppies, corn flowers, corn cockles, nigella, digitalis, verbascum, reseda, etc.) which disappear as soon as the
seeds are formed. They reappear as a result of accidents on the land - turned over soil - in all places where seed,
dispersed by the wind, animals and humans manages to germinate.
The name Garden in Motion originates in the physical migration of vegetal species within a given area, which the
gardener interprets at will. Flowers which germinate on a path force the gardener to decide between maintaining
the flowers or the path. The Garden in Motion recommends maintaining those species that decide where they wish
to grow.
These principles disrupt the established concepts of a garden which, in this case, is entirely placed in the hands of
the gardener. The gardens profile, constantly changing, depends on its caretaker, and not on an architectural
plan, produced on a drawing table.
This type of control, of conception, based on the garden in La Valle, subsequently developed as a theory and
enlarged to all spaces and scales, has travelled to cities both in France and abroad, referred to on occasion
generically as differential management , and on occasion specifically , as the Garden in Motion , first
described in 1984 in an article under the title Mastering Neglected Land (La Friche Apprivoise) and later, in
1991, under its final title Published by Sens and Tonka.

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