36 GARDEN PLANNING 



proper proportioning of the main elements of 

 the design, the borders, grass, and walks. 



As regards the walks, it is only necessary 

 to see that they exist for a definite purpose 

 (not merely because the designer thinks they 

 help the outlines on his paper plan) and that 

 they do not sprawl aimlessly about the plot, 

 cutting it up into awkward shapes. 



Grass, more than any other feature, helps 

 to secure a feeling of repose. As far as possible 

 it should exist in a single stretch, or at least 

 it should not consist of a number of scattered 

 pieces. 



Apart from questions of tennis and croquet, 

 the grass is a valuable background to the 

 flowers; a place where the feet may escape the 

 " crunch " of gravel, and one may find perhaps a 

 corner bathed in shadow, from which to look 

 out upon one aspect of the garden picture, 

 or to enjoy one's thoughts or thoughts of 

 another between the covers of a book. 



Let the grass, therefore, take its proper 

 place, and be duly proportioned to the rest. 

 And so with the beds and borders. It is little 

 short of vandalism to fret the lawn into a 

 lace-work of fantastically fashioned beds, in 



