The Idea of a Garden

Pollan's last idea that, "if nature is one necessary source of instruction for a garden ethic, culture is the other," is shown through Sharon White's book (609). Most of her stories about each individual plant has a lot to do with what else goes on in that specific place, and therefore culture. Sharon White says, "Pieces of Greber's design still exist: the pool at Logan Circle, the tiered bushes in the Azalea Garden, the Italian Fountain spewing silver water north of the art museum," when she is speaking about water lilies (48). In this place there is a large population that fishes, and the have somewhat of a water theme to their culture. Not only does this aquatic nature give sense for the water lilies, but also that everyone there embraces the aquatic nature as part of, or custom to, their every day lives.