One of my classes this semester is Planted Form, where we look at plants as elements of design: how they shape space and experience. Our teacher is the irrepressible Julie Bargmann of D.I.R.T Studios (http://www.dirtstudio.com/).
Our first assignment asked us to choose a particular biogeographical landscape type, to learn about the plants that would grow in the ground plane, and to design a didactic garden about the landscape type using the plants that would grow there.
I chose the southern (U.S.) swamp, inspired by my recent trip to Ebenezer Swamp with Mom and Dad. It wasn't easy to find information about what herbaceous plants grow in Southern swamps; there was more information about tree species.
My design has a boardwalk stretching from solid ground to a lake edge, with swamp in between. Extending from the boardwalk are walls to partially enclose plants separated by species. As you reach the lake edge and the more natural condition there, the planters decrease in size and give way to the existing lake habitat.
Over time, the plants can grow beyond the planter walls and species may mix, creating a new planted configuration.
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