Chaos Theory

After I'd stopped for a quick cuppa this afternoon, the sight which greeted me as I went back outside to resume my gardening activities made me ponder on what I suppose you could call my 'style of gardening'.



I'm one of those gardeners who tends to leave tools, pots, assorted items of clothing and sundry other items scattered about all over the place while concentrating on the job in hand, leaving the impression that someone has lobbed a hand grenade into the garden while the work was in progress.

I then finish off with one huge tidy up operation at the end of the day, when everything finally gets returned to its rightful place in the shed/house/greenhouse etc.

I am sure there are many of you who meticulously tidy up as you go along, carefully sweeping up and putting things away, cleaning each tool and pot as it is used and generally being insufferably efficient.

Which made me think on this a bit further. Is there any correlation between the way we carry out our gardening activities (our 'style of gardening' if you like) and the end result in terms of the garden itself. Do chaotic gardeners such as myself tend to go far a more informal type of garden, while more organised types favour a well manicured patch with not a weed or wildflower to be seen and not a leaf out of place?

Discuss.

 

Messy, chaotic gardener here with a messy, chaotic garden to match Your garden looks immaculate compared to mine

 

Can you garden without chaos? , I like to get all my kit out, I manage to spread it all over the grass! At the moment I've lost 2 trowels, they are in the garden & I shall find them I just don't know where or when!
Your garden looks brilliant @Trunky, very neat & tidy

 

looks like you have been busy , at least no rake to bash you in the face

 

“Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.”
― Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams

You are in tune with nature Trunky

Lovely garden btw!

 

I really love your garden - even with the chaos! - so clearly your method is working

I'm a leave it all hanging out and about while I'm at it kind of gal myself. And, typically, when I'm stuck into one task, yet another task will be called to my attention and that will lead on to another ... ad infinitum

 

Thanks for all your kind comments folks, seems most of us lean towards the chaotic style doesn't it?