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Visualization 101

Develop Your Mind's Eye

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Jan Johnsen
Jan 01, 2026
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“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” - Henry David Thoreau

During - We added soil along the lakefront to make it more level and placed the bench….
After - when all is grown in and we cut back the base of the hill to make a wider path.

Transforming a piece of ground into a garden or space for outdoor living starts with the ability to imagine what is possible. The most important part of landscape design is the ability to visualize. As Thomas Church, the great twentieth-century American landscape architect, said, “the only limit to your garden is at the boundaries of your imagination.”

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