The Idea of the Garden

Polan says that "The gardener doesn't take it for granted that a man's impact on nature will always be negative" (608). This is connected to White's essays in one way because she says " But a place where families clear the land for beans and corn, squash and pumpkins, vegetables from the south and the elaborate terraced gardenst there. And sometimes they kill birds taht are on their way north or south and fish baskets full off shad from the river on their way up to spawn." This suggests that when man attempts to tamper with nature wether it be good or bad it will always have a negative affect.