The ancient Romans cherished their perfectly symmetrical gardens.
“If they didn’t have gardens they painted them on the walls, and if they had gardens they painted them on the walls anyway,” says Michael DeHart, a horticulturist who’s been supervisor for grounds and gardens at the J. Paul Getty Trust for the last 20 years and co-author of “Gardens and Plants of the Getty Villa” with Patrick Bowe.
To get a sense of the extent of their adoration, all any one has to do is stroll… (View original article)