The Idea of the Garden

In Polan's essay he states "The gardener doesn't take it for granted that man's impact on nature will always be negative" (608). This is directly connected to when White writes "It won't be long for all this abudance to be whittled down into a place not called a wilderness at all" (32). Both writers are trying to show the point that when nature is tampered with by people, even if the intentions are good willed, there will be negative outcomes. An example is when people knock down trees to create more homes. Even though the outcome for the people is good, nature is being hurt in the process.