Field Notes
What Happens After a Garden Is Built
9 December 2025
Is a garden finished the day the crew leaves?
Year one is establishment
Roots go down before anything goes up. The first season looks sparse because the growth is underground. Watering, editing and patience matter more than any intervention.
Years two to five
The layers close, the soil life returns, the maintenance drops. Our role shifts from builder to editor: thinning, adjusting, letting the system reveal what it wants to become.
Design principle
Design for the tenth year, not the photo shoot.