siderulrle design )nlervenuon.

- m geomeny or liarnionies oi any parnenlar edge,
lnpw we emrellaie lire edge

- Driiusion oi lne niedra across boundaries unis niny
makn eilner a inird sysiem m a brooderareo in whlrh m
nperaie—lew boundaries-ore iery slnerly deiineni»

- Ellecrs thdI anivzly zonvey niaienol |0 or arms
humans, in naiure ilnese nre uilen \Ivmg ulganlsms
or now um, Yo! example»

r The compahhlhw iur afldupzlhy) ul spears nr
elnrnenis hmuglfl mlo pmxlmlly by edge design

- Boundaries as accumulalors on wruen we can
sulleel rnulen or nninenls

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THE HARMONICS AND GEOMETKY
0F BOUNDARIES

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Edges and surlaees may be sinuous, lobular, serraie,
norsned, or deliberaiely srnodmed ior more clllcmnl
flow, While we may drlrberaiely indnre inrbnlence In
salmon aireanis by using wens, we 2m: pamstakmg In
using smh and even mndu s lor energy seneralidn
In mud or liydrdnli. svslems, We ean deepen arens oi
snallnw sirennrs In rnake ptmls, M to prevent sirearn
hank emslirn, nr in mflsd sun cnergv m blllldmgs, all
these an rnnnipuldied to acmeyespeerrre rflxls nn melr
bunndanrs ur surioers

Nuienad nr lubulan-dgcs, siren M ue achieve in plan
oy lolluwmg ml] eonienrs, aauni sneliered. wener,
drier, lrolrer, or more exposed mlrmrhabluls (or a
variety n! rpecles Serraie or Ins-lag lenees um only
sund pn their own, but nsisi wrndaiuow nnreln bener
rlrnn sirolgln barriers Lobular ernoayrnenis, like me
keyhole beds or Figur: 4.7, are nbvmusly sheltered,
spaeious nubiinis no gardens and selllernenrs

As lor suriaee and flow phenomena. we ean parting"
waier suriaees lo vedure Wind enerl, or deslsn m
dellhemtcly creare luroulenee and Wind oyerlurn,
islands, quoms, and rails 01 many shapes have as many
uses, and defied flow lo Increase eondensanpn or Io
eneourage sand and snow depusnlon or removal
snrioees can be pulled. ridged, spiralled, rnonnded,
lessellaled, mssled with planls or brush, pared, sprayed
|o Shablhse mulch. mulened, or smoolned (or water
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CREMELMTED POND EDGE

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phnls on In: wnflflw ii i muzbvmli} w mnellannu inn :flu: in
mass m nnnlmlel lnllflibe

wnen a boundary sepdmas lwu mines which diner,
mere is an oppurinnlly (or trade, iransaclrons, or
(mnslahon across lne border, Where me boundary Ilse)!
is difllcun lo pass, when it rppresenis a hip or net, or
where lire surnames and Owens anemplmg [0 pass
lraye no doiliry |<| do So. ammulahons may mm or the
boundary Examples a: mi: lie all about us, as slranded
shell: on me beam, people lined up a. sa olflres, and
ears al sipp lignisor kerbsides

Pimple are, al lrean, sirandlopers and beach-combed.
even our dwdlmgs pile up oi ilre ,unclinn 0! sea and
land, on esnrarles um oi us live al waler edges» and i(
inn edge ui ioresr, nvw, rnnrsli, or plain lnyanani
eeuloeaes nray nnnu lhe simple. nonded planner, Mn