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Halpin o f the last several genera ti o ns, and in the o ld Alexandria, Virgini a natio ns o f Europe, Afri ca, and Asia . This Treasurer process is not new; w hat is different now is BOARD OF DIRECTORS the rate of change, resulting from the automobile and electroni c communica­ Mrs. Suzanne Bales tion. W e no lo nger perceive growth to be " natural" in the o ld sense of nature Bronxvill e, New York as a no nhuman force: gradual, careful , logica l, ideal. O f course, it has rarely Dr. William E. Barrick Pine Mountain, Georgia been thus, and is even less so now. T oday o ur growth is convul sive, drastic, Dr. Sherran Blair automati c, and beyond normal comprehensio n. We react by getting away from Columbus, Ohio it. And with the glo bal vill age comes the "global garden." Mrs. Mary Katherine Blount The psychological effect of being crowded together, and through television Montgomery, Alabama Mrs. Sarah Boasberg and other media subjected to idea li zed images of ourselves, is to create a Washington, D.C. collective narcissistic fantasy world that a li enates us from nature, and from Dr. Henry Marc Cathey each other. The effect of sprea ding ourse lves o ut and decentrali zing the glo ba l Washington, D.C. Mr. Russell B. Clark village w ill be very positi ve, a true return to Eden. O ne of the key elements o f Boston, Massachusetts the new landscape is the new garden, and the " no ngardening" use o f plants. Mrs. Beverley White Dunn As we free o urselves fro m the notio n of populatio n centers, we w ill experiment Birmingham, Alabama Dr. John Alex Floyd Jr. with new ways of looking at o urselves, o ur gardens, and our landscapes. O ur Birmingham, Alabama gardens w ill redefine the bo undaries and traditions of the past. 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