SMALL GARDENS
Miniature Landscape Effects 1 ' Tlie worst crime of all is the misuse of trees in the small garden," said Mr ^ M. J. Barnett, Superinteudent of Christchurch City Parks and Eeserves, in an address at a meeting held undor the auspices of the Christchurch Bcautifying Assoeiati-on. _ " They often make the garden look ridiculous when they grow to their full size." Mr Barnett said that the small city garden should be more or lpss formal and geometrical. It should be laid out in miniature, an art iu wbich tho Japanose excelled, pro'ducing the effect of landseapes on a small scale. He recommendcd the dominent eolours, rcd, yellow, and orange, for the flowers chosen for busy- streets with fast-rnov-ing traffic and dust; for quietor streets the softer pastel shades could be used effectively. Colour was very important in gardens, he said, adding that sometimes entrants in garden competitiona "window-dressed'"' their gardens by providing flowers that bloomed in pro.fuiion «t jtlija thue «£ judging. • —
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 163, 28 July 1937, Page 8
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