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Gardening
Your Personality The Traveling Brown
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Anyone who has tried to keep a garden alive in the midst of a drought
learns to detest the color brown. People don’t want their plants to
be brown – it’s the sign of an unhealthy plant, one that is dying. Can
brown be good though? Obviously if a plant is meant to have another
color, then brown is bad. What if that plant was designed to be brown?
Can brown actually have a healthy look in a garden?
Why does the color of a garden even matter? Non-gardening types may
wonder why gardeners put so much effort into picking out what colors,
patterns, heights and a myriad of other factors are used in a garden.
But a gardener knows that her garden is an extension of herself. When
a gardener plants a flower, that flower represents something - whether
in color or in style. The gardener may plant yellow for her happy days
and red for the romantic ones. Brown is a transitional color – the color
of fall. It’s a backdrop and an accent that can give a solid accent
to a brilliant landscape.
The color of emotion is not such a strange concept. For years, psychologists
have studied the effects of colors on the human psyche. Blue is a color
of tranquility. That’s why many doctor’s offices have it on their walls
– to calm nervous patients. Green is a color of growth. A nurturing
personality will often times wear green, whether consciously or subconsciously.
Colors both reflect our current emotions and elicit certain emotions
from us. In this case, browns are the transition stage.
Many people focus on the brightly colored flowers – the reds, yellows,
and oranges, but they overlook what a simple brown accent can do for
the garden. The next time you go to the greenhouse to pick out flowers
for your garden, take a moment and look at the brown plants. There are
plenty of ornamental grasses that come in brown. By providing a different
color and texture, you bring a living quality to your garden.
There are also several plants that have various shades of brown in them.
These work great as a transitional color or on the fringes of the garden.
There are varieties of pansies, columbines, and others that have this
brownish color. When used properly, they don’t reflect the end of the
season as much as they do a transition. Brown can be a beautiful addition
to the garden, helping the entire landscape seem to jump to life.
Gardeners put massive amounts of time, effort, and money into their
gardens. Just as the color and style of a house reflects the owner,
so does a garden. By mixing brown in with a variety of other colors,
the gardener shows himself to have depth of character. The use of brown
in a garden can bring it to life and make it real – helping to accent
the beauty of the other flowers. Don’t be afraid of the transitional
brown. It’s all a part of the growth process.
About The Author:
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