The Four Components of Juxtaposition

Jay " Juxtaposition " Sifford shared some fresh picture of his Charolotte garden .

" I took these photos of my garden in Charlotte , North Carolina , on April 7 . The foliation colour and grain , along with the variant of the plants make me want to celebrate nature ebulliently in a elbow room that heyday alone can not do . My garden is primarily a accumulator ’s garden , which can be tricky at best , as beautiful specimen plants can easy look like cans of dark-green bean line up on a market depot shelf . I ’ve found that the winder to making a garden like this work is by thoughtfully employing the concept of juxtaposition . I kid with my client and gardening friends that Juxtaposition is my center name . To me , apposition is incorporate of four element : size , shape , color and texture . Closely matching all four of these is too “ matchy matchy ” and take and boring and contrived . fit none of these look like someone move to a grownup box store sales stand and loaded up a mini - new wave . But match two and diverge the others creates diverse pursuit with enough continuity to hold the composition together . At least this is what I ’ve endeavor to do in my own garden , which is part therapy , part experimentation , part makeup and total escape . "

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