On 7 November 2024 I was pleased to participate in a panel at the esteemed Philadelphia Society’s main annual meeting in McLean, Virginia. Drawing on my last book, Gardeners vs Designers, I made the case that we all need more gardeners, because theory is not the yardstick by which our past and our institutions should be measured; rather they should be measured by the practical success they confer on those who use them. There I go rebuking those designers again!
