Gardens... should be like lovely well-shaped girls, all curves, secret corners, unexpected deviations, seductive surprises and then still more curves.

(A quotation from H.E. Bates' A Love of Flowers)

So much of garden design is linked to other arts. This planting strategy is based on zones and plant needs - it is for a natural swimming lake and green-roofed holiday homes near the sea - but the inspiration was the Indian Tree of Life with perhaps a nod to Burle Marx.