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1、LivinggreenThewordmeadowhasaromanticauraaboutit-billowinggrasses,dancingwildflowers.flittingbutterflies.Itallsoundssodaintyandethereal-andsimple.Butameadowisalsocomplex,durableandtheepitomeofallthatisearthy.AndJohnCreenleehasbeenutterlyseducedbythem.Own

2、erofGreenleeNurseriesnearLosAngelesandwidelyacknowledgedmasterofornamentalgrasses,GreenleehasbeeninlovewithmeadowssincetheytoweredoverhisheadasaboygrowingupinCalifornia.Now,afterdecadesofworkingwithmeadowecologies,healsounderstandstheiruniquedesignpoten

3、tial,whichistheinspirationforhisupcomingbook,TheAmericanMeadowGarden:CreatingaNaturalAlternativetotheTraditionalLawn(TimberPress).dueoutthisfall.Whilehehasbeenhoningtheconceptof“designedmeadows”forthepast15years(Greenleeprefersthewordmeadowtoprairie,fee

4、lingthatprairieimpliesvastnesswhilemeadowshavemoresenseofplace),aperfectchanceforGreenleetoputhisideasintopracticepresenteditselfwhenCaroleMarkscontactedhimlookingforawaytocomplete.hergardenatherMediterranean-modern-stylehome(designedbyStephenArnnofAGGD

5、esign)inWoodside,California.AndGreenleewasadditionallyexcitedthathewouldbecomplementinganexistinggardendesignedbynotedlandscapearchitectRonHerman.Markshadbeensearchingforasolutiontothe2-acre-plusunfinishedpartofherlandscape,whichincludedawildareaanddrai

6、nageswalealongasmallcreek.WhensheandcontractorMickFoxofFoxLandscapeandIrrigationInc.sawGreenlee'sdesignedmeadowatthe2007SanFranciscoFlower&GardenShow,Marksremembers,“IsawJohn'sgarden,andimmediatelyfellinlovewiththeconcept.”Greenleereferstothesituationas

7、abest-casescenario-anexquisitehousesetonpropertylargeenough(8acres)andcloseenoughtonaturetodosomethingreallyinteresting.Herman'ssoliddesign,andateamofclient.contractoranddesignerwhowereimmediatelyonthesamepage.Theloftygoalwastomakethemeadow"looklikeCodd

8、idit'andbetheconnectivetissuebetweenHerman'smore"naturalisticformalplantingsnearthehouseandthesurroundingCalifornialandscape.Creenleesetaboutinstalling50orsovarietiesofgrassesandgrassyplants.towhichheaddedhundredsofwhathecalls“me