To me, the most interesting part about our ramble through campus looking at nature was the lines. At our first stop at the pollinator garden, all of the plants were arranged in straight lines. Everything looked beautiful, and there was enough spacing for each plant to get adequate sunlight and water. The arrangement was pristine, and perfectly arranged for a college campus which is why it was located in a very central location on campus.Similarly, the flowers and other nature imagery on the Kirby Hall of Civil rights were all arranged in straight lines. There were clear patterns to follow while walking around the building.

Then we arrived to the edge of campus.  To the place with a rusty fence and litter on the ground. When looking over the fence, a broken television and some power lines were visible. The area had not received the same attention to detail that the pollinator garden and Kirby Hall of Civil Rights had received. Yet, what was aesthetically pleasing to me was the messiness of the area. All of the plants were growing over each other. They were fighting for sunlight and water. They were fighting to survive. Or sometimes even coexisting, like the poison ivy growing its way up the trunk of a tall tree. Despite all of the litter that was not present elsewhere on the ramble, this area felt more like real nature to me because nothing was in a straight line.