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dude, navel-gazing! What the heck, it's slow around here...
I believe that landscaping has value because done well, it solves a problem. That, to me, is reason numero uno why my services are in demand. If I master the foo-foo crap but the yard still floods every time it drizzles, I'm a flop.
Beyond that... landscaping allows us to reconnect with nature (to varying degrees), and can provide a window-seat for natural processes.
Landscaping draws on a variety of disciplines in the arts AND the sciences. In how many other fields do you own a color wheel AND a laser transit?
In your example with the stream/ concrete ditch, landscaping has value in that it mitigates the effect of the hand of man (or woman- don't read misogyny into that). I think a large chunk of our value comes from designing functional solutions that the client is happy they get to live with.
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Dave
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