Matter of taste
Sir,—W. A. Sutton (September 24) has made derisive references to competition gardens. Having been involved in the organising of these events for 35 years with the Canterbury Horticultural Society and Beautifying Associations, I feel qualified to counter these specious opinions. I have tremendous respect for the writer as an authority on works of art, but suggest he is 20 years behind the times with his knowledge of garden competitions; updated points systems eliminate transient gardens. I concede that in the past some gardens were geometrical and garish, lacking form and colour harmony, similar to many so-called “works of
art.” Garden competition points systems now put emphasis on permanency, i.e. design, trees and shrubs, lawns. I would gladly provide Mr Sutton with addresses of prize-winning gardens devoid of annuals, comprising rhododendrons, camellias, maples, fruit and vegetables, certainly not “pompous substitutes” for a garden. — Yours, etc;, \ < . RON PROCTOR. \ : 1987.
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