The more you
study garden design the more 
you
realize that there seems to be no style to the Canadian Garden.
We have adopted garden styles from around the world.
Water features from the Italian and Spanish Gardens.
From Britain we have adopted the Cottage Garden, English Mixed Border and
others. France has given us the Formal Garden and the natural look of man-made
Water gardens. We have even
borrowed various features from both Japanese and Chinese Gardens. Many features
from these gardens can be seen if you go on any of your local garden tours.
As adopters the Canadian gardener has even absorbed the style of the New
American Garden, which seems to use large drifts of perennials and ornamental
grasses.
Canadian
gardeners should 
continue
their adoptive ways and adopt the Inuksuk Quviasuktuq of the Inuit people. This
is at least geographically a little more appropriate in a Canadian Garden.
The Inuksuk Quviasuktuq (Inuksuk Expressing Joy) is used by The Inuit to
mark excellent summer camps and beautiful views.
They are often found standing near a multitude of Tundra flowers.
This is a sight to behold. The
Inuksuk Quviasuktuq is built in the shape of a person standing on a base stone.
You can see it’s legs and it’s horizontal arms.
A stone is used for its neck and another for its head.
This
Inuksuk
Quviasuktuq can be built to indicate a 
beautiful view in your garden or as a pointer to your beautiful garden.
One thing your Inuksuk Quviasuktuq should be built with stones native to
your area. This I would say is very
important though it does not seem so to the native plant gardeners who feel if
it is a native it must be indigenous to their area.
The
Inuksuk Quviasuktuq should be a staple in the Canadian Garden.
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