Shifting Baselines

Garden records chart a move toward embracing difference over time; keepers initially sought uniformity through pruning, yet later embraced ‘weeds’ and unexpected growth—a change that points to evolving values shaping what was considered desirable. This understanding clarifies documentation isn't neutral reporting but establishes perspectives filtered by the observer, creating perceptual frameworks instead of absolute truths about the garden itself. Rather than locating cause within events, we find it in selective memory, building recursive value systems dependent on scale and embodied experience; acknowledging these layers offers a firmer basis for interpretation.