In 20 years of professional practice using native plants, ecological designer W. Gary Smith has found that every project begins by redefining the defini-tion of "native." His design for Peirce's Woods, a seven-acre woodland arboretum that is part of Longwood Gardens in Ken-nett Square, Pennsylvania, was no exception. According to Smith, a landscape architect, artist, and former professor of garden design at the University of Delaware, the general definition of a native plant is something that would tend to occur naturally in a particular region. To maximize the possibilities for using plants with physical impact, Longwood chose a broader definition.
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机译：在使用本地植物的20年专业实践中，生态设计师W. Gary Smith发现，每个项目都始于重新定义“本地”的定义。他为Peirce's Woods（一个占地7英亩的林地植物园）设计的设计也不例外，该树木园是宾夕法尼亚州Ken-nett广场Longwood花园的一部分。据特拉华大学的景观设计师，艺术家，花园设计的前教授史密斯说，本地植物的一般定义是倾向于在特定地区自然发生。为了最大化使用具有物理影响的植物的可能性，Longwood选择了更宽泛的定义。
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