The best gardener is a baby killer. Baby insects are much easier to kill than adults, and haven't yet developed the big mouths and voracious appetite of the adolescent. — Janet Macunovich Copy Share Image
If you cut a shrub back because it's just too big, and it dies, you haven't lost anything but a plant that couldn't live… — Janet Macunovich Copy Share Image
You don't know the plant until you've killed it. Then you've learned something. — Janet Macunovich Copy Share Image
The very best garden is a new one, on virgin ground. Plants leap out of that spot. — Janet Macunovich Copy Share Image
Gardeners in regions with very long summer days have a great opportunity, and should use more of the cool colors that literally glow in… — Janet Macunovich Copy Share Image
Silly gardeners! We buy pretty, comfortable benches and position them oh so carefully. But does the gardener ever sit? No! We perch momentarily and… — Janet Macunovich Copy Share Image
You can put a gardener behind the wheel, but you can't keep her eyes off the landscape. — Janet Macunovich Copy Share Image
Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology. — Janet Macunovich Copy Share Image
We think we learn by growing a plant but we can't know if it's just surviving or truly living? We really don't know anything… — Janet Macunovich Copy Share Image
Watch out for trees and traffic. The change is slow, the impact great, yet we miss the one and mistake the other. — Janet Macunovich Copy Share Image
A colorful handle on a tool does nothing for me. Once it drops into that jungle out there, unless it's absolutely huge, it's gone… — Janet Macunovich Copy Share Image
