Maintenance Methods are Part of the Design

A green space where the management method is evident. The intensity of maintenance in different areas is clearly distinct: within two meters of the path is a short grass strip mown monthly, with a straight and clear boundary; further out is a long grass area mown only once or twice a year; the outermost ring is completely unmanaged, with shrubs already growing naturally. The boundaries between these three intensities are straight and deliberate, making it clear that this is management, not neglect. Avoid: using the same maintenance intensity for the entire area, having no clear boundary between unmown and mown areas, making low-maintenance areas look unmanaged, performing high-intensity mowing across the entire site.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一處看得出管理方式的綠地。不同區塊的維護強度明顯不同:靠近步道兩米內是每月刈草的短草帶,邊界筆直清楚;再往外是一年只割一到兩次的長草區;最外圈完全不管理,已經有灌木自己長出來。這三種強度之間的界線是直的、刻意的,讓人看得出這是管理而不是荒廢。避免:讓全區使用同一種維護強度、讓不修剪的區域與修剪區之間沒有清楚界線、把低維護做成看起來沒人管、在整個基地都做高強度的修剪。