“One cannot analyse the character of European gardens without looking beyond the Mediterranean. This is because horticulture, palace life and city-building developed in the Fertile Crescent before spreading, via Crete, Greece, Egypt and Italy to the forests of Europe” — Tom Turner Copy Share Image
“The Englishman left months ago, Hana, he's with the Bedouin or in some English garden with its phlox and shit.” — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
