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Habitat
The natural ecological setting evoked by vegetative design, in which the placement and combination of materials appears consistent with how they would grow in nature.
“Vegetative design does not merely look natural - it evokes a specific habitat, and the criterion of success is ecological: does it feel as though it grew this way?”
In vegetative design, habitat is the organising principle: materials are placed as they would grow in their natural environment. This requires deep knowledge of which species grow together, at what heights, in what seasonal combinations, and with what spatial logic. The goal of vegetative design is not merely to look naturalistic but to create the genuine impression of a specific habitat rendered in floral materials. In German floral design theory, defining the environment or habitat is itself a named formation technique. Sources: Pampling (350), Assman (400).
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