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> I prefer odds over evens. A few years ago someone told me that for anything other than within a especially formal garden design, most people prefer the visua
by Jedd 9y ago
> I prefer odds over evens.
A few years ago someone told me that for anything other than within a especially formal garden design, most people prefer the visual of odd numbers of similar plants grouped together - from small bulbs planted at the scale of several centimetres, up to large trees planted at ten metres or more apart.
Of course, how you identify what most people 'prefer' is challenging - it may be more a reflection of what looks natural or random.
But, like how red cars are often spotted in groups of three, once I started noticing numbers of like plants clumped together, at various scales, it does seem to hold true.
Your preference may be more deep-seated than at a purely integer level. :)
- FullMtlAlcoholc 9y ago>A few years ago someone told me that for anything other than within a especially formal garden design, most people prefer the visual of odd numbers of similar plants grouped together - Perhaps people seeing groups of items with a single middle element? When composing mock api data, I do notice I tend to avoid arrays with an even number of elements
- mc32 9y agoOn the other hand the negative spaces are even.
- Jedd 9y agoDo you mean between every pairing of items? Apparently this 'odd numbers look better' stands regardless of proximity between each item. Keep an eye out for occurrences - it's a pretty subjective interpretation, I'm sure.