On another thread on LJN I recently posted a comment lamenting the innate conservatism of design in this country.  The context of that comment belongs to a different discussion, but I think the point is worth exploring for its own sake.

If contemporary garden and landscape design is going to look at it best then it needs a suitable backdrop in just the same way that modern buildings need to be given an appropriate context in the nature of their setting.  The general drift of modern…