tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post6025316736013937597..comments2023-10-09T19:22:45.696+02:00Comments on The Balcony Garden: The garden of the colour blindSue Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-89340860062028784982010-04-19T18:10:10.527+02:002010-04-19T18:10:10.527+02:00Red-green colorblindness is hard enough. I cant im...Red-green colorblindness is hard enough. I cant imagine living in a world with no colors. Still, the pictures are great!Solitude Risinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07458281340276483361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-562944857517635812010-04-19T07:50:41.036+02:002010-04-19T07:50:41.036+02:00your photos are pretty! I don't know that it ...your photos are pretty! I don't know that it would matter much to me ...I just love plants...lol<br />My dad is color blind...most of what he sees he calls brown...so we don't really know...Tootsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313167135644565141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-62757197403922303732010-04-17T08:35:48.196+02:002010-04-17T08:35:48.196+02:00Sue, excellent post. Reminds us of all the blessin...Sue, excellent post. Reminds us of all the blessings in life we take for granted. To enjoy and appreciate all the colors of spring fully, one needs a stark reminder like this!wannabegardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04712620253444939326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-74129961868270263882010-04-17T01:16:18.992+02:002010-04-17T01:16:18.992+02:00very interesting thought...luckily most colour bli...very interesting thought...luckily most colour blind people can still see some colours, and are only blind to selective colours...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11187681076821460456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-27334526143491276002010-04-15T19:29:10.494+02:002010-04-15T19:29:10.494+02:00What a fascinating post! Personally, as an artist...What a fascinating post! Personally, as an artist, I would be lost without color. At least for the kind of art I do. When I was in Art college we had a student who was color blind and he gave us an insight as to what he actually saw. Of course, I also sculpt so for that I only need form and texture. But no, I would not like a world in gray scale.Helen at summerhousehttp://summerhouseart.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-24261266775855669722010-04-14T14:35:12.151+02:002010-04-14T14:35:12.151+02:00I enjoy Oliver Sacks books. He writes with such fa...I enjoy Oliver Sacks books. He writes with such fascination and compassion. Will be doing cycads this Friday. But we don't eat them!Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-62029930886660474182010-04-14T14:14:59.388+02:002010-04-14T14:14:59.388+02:00Thank you for a really thoughtful post - I love co...Thank you for a really thoughtful post - I love colour and there are just so many shades of green even, to be able to see them all is a real gift. I do think texture comes before colour though, and structure before that. I get students to take pictures of their gardens in black and white in the winter - you can really see the structure of your garden then, and if that is got right it provides the fabulous year round background for the riotous party of colour that follows!Marianhttp://marianboswall.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-18504308829187621682010-04-14T03:00:52.268+02:002010-04-14T03:00:52.268+02:00In the book 'Plant Driven Design,' the aut...In the book 'Plant Driven Design,' the authors talk about a garden designer they know who is color blind. He places more emphasis on plant texture than color and has an aide help him with flower selection. They say the results always yield more sophisticated and beautiful design as the shape of the plants rather than the color is what carries the garden. I've actually thought about taking b&w photos of my garden to see where I'm too dependent upon color and not enough on structure.Susan in the Pink Hathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07472502621591870369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-61614033697444455102010-04-13T22:02:08.139+02:002010-04-13T22:02:08.139+02:00I cant imagine being colour blind but then I supp...I cant imagine being colour blind but then I suppose you are born that way so you dont know any different. If I was colour blind I hope I would get pleasure from texture and form, although I think it would be very fustrating to hear other gardeners talking about the colour of flowersHelen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-11802638947137594842010-04-13T18:30:03.743+02:002010-04-13T18:30:03.743+02:00Awesome looking pictures and what a nice article t...Awesome looking pictures and what a nice article to read. TaGardenerXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16536936827475488503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-1849204675298213012010-04-13T13:02:48.637+02:002010-04-13T13:02:48.637+02:00Utterly fascinating. But how awful at the same tim...Utterly fascinating. But how awful at the same time. I have permanent double vision (I see two of everything, one image swirls around the fixed one) but to lose the ability to see colour - I think that would end me. Thank you for making me think of others, I have been wrapped up in my own depression today - shameful.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475182740888543862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-22153232077987752112010-04-13T04:13:49.991+02:002010-04-13T04:13:49.991+02:00My brother is severely colorblind and though I gen...My brother is severely colorblind and though I generally forget it, every so often when we are together I'll comment on the overwhelming awe of some scene or another and realize that he cannot appreciate it. Then I feel badly for him because so much of the natural world I hold in wonder has to do with the colors of it. But then again, I do wonder if what he can see is more defined in other ways. And I wonder just what he does see, because I don't think its like a black and white photo exactly. It could be just as beautiful and something the rest of us never will see!Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524574998937986323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-50022093935531393702010-04-13T02:31:32.957+02:002010-04-13T02:31:32.957+02:00My friend, Ella, is shade blind, well that's w...My friend, Ella, is shade blind, well that's what I call it. She can't distinquish dark colors like navy blue and purple, red and orange, and pale hues of yellow, pink, cream etc...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778054413371087920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-44998504623237974122010-04-13T00:13:28.148+02:002010-04-13T00:13:28.148+02:00Fantastic post, beautifully written and with amazi...Fantastic post, beautifully written and with amazing pictures. We often use black-and-white photographs (its so easy to do now with digital cameras) and there is something often mesmerising about the results - the play of light and dark, subtle shades, peoples faces, etc. We're lucky that we have the choice of turning the colour back on, especially in the garden.OffalyGoodLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03607517804858022361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-52231426172018285192010-04-12T23:33:17.299+02:002010-04-12T23:33:17.299+02:00That got me thinking... but I just can't imagi...That got me thinking... but I just can't imagine what it would be like to be colour blind. Good post!Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430236104525571846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-46855870157608128862010-04-12T23:00:01.097+02:002010-04-12T23:00:01.097+02:00The photos and your post sre really very interesti...The photos and your post sre really very interesting. Actually looking carefully at the photos you do get more of a "feel" for the textures then if they had been in colour. The coloured part remind me of some old black and whites of my mother as a child - the photographer painted colours on, but only a few.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-56642396322589003862010-04-12T21:44:17.584+02:002010-04-12T21:44:17.584+02:00A very thought-provoking post. You know Sue, I ra...A very thought-provoking post. You know Sue, I rather like the effect the camera bestowed on those photographs. I was once charged with developing some 'accessible' websites. Had to be understood by self-voicing web browsers, and had to use color palettes that were clearly visible to those who are color-blind. It would be shame to see a garden without color, but as you point out, the experience of the garden also includes texture, and aroma...something that sadly doesn't really come across in our blogs.Curbstone Valley Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714297348566721344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-28058197692492777822010-04-12T21:13:00.883+02:002010-04-12T21:13:00.883+02:00Beautiful. I especially like the third photo.Beautiful. I especially like the third photo.Gardener on Sherlock Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367115529793643362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-30277955667161014032010-04-12T20:59:15.054+02:002010-04-12T20:59:15.054+02:00Very cool pics!Very cool pics!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371632700605535851noreply@blogger.com