Throughout human history, there have been many turning points. Moments that inspired awe, but also fear. The development of artificial intelligence today feels unprecedented. Never before have changes happened so quickly and on such a massive scale. And yet, this is not the first time technology has changed the rules of the game.
When photography was invented, many believed it would mean the end of painting. After all, why paint reality when it can be captured faster, more accurately, and “more truthfully”? And yet painting did not disappear. It changed.
New directions began to emerge, new forms of expression, new visual languages. Artists stopped competing with reality and started interpreting it in their own way, through emotion, sensitivity, and experience.
Today, we find ourselves in a very similar moment.
Many people fear that gardens will no longer be designed by humans, that artificial intelligence will take their place. That the design process will become fast, automated, and stripped of its soul.
For me, however, this direction is more exciting than it is worrying.
There will always be people who seek something more than just a functional solution. People who are sensitive to detail, to emotion, to the story embedded in a design. Just as there is still a need for painting today, even though photography is accessible to everyone.
I am not worried about the future of design.
What I see instead is enormous potential in what is happening. Until now, many people who had even a small piece of land could not afford to work with a designer. Today, artificial intelligence gives them tools to begin, to plan, to understand, to try.
Wider access to knowledge about soil, plants, and environmental conditions means that more and more people can consciously shape their gardens.
And this means something more than just aesthetics.
It means more greenery,
more space for insects,
more biodiversity,
more connection between people and nature,
and more joy in the act of creating.
Personally, I feel grateful for what is happening. I see something in it that resembles a gift, like fire stolen from the gods by Prometheus.
Because today, anyone can light their own fire.
And what they do with it is entirely up to them.
