The first western gardens were those in the Mediterranean basin. There in the desert areas stretching from North Africa to the valleys of the Euphrates, the so-called cradle of civilization, where plants were first grown for crops by settled communities, garden enclosures were also constructed. Gardens emphasized the contrast between two separate worlds: the outer one where nature remained awe-inspiringly… — Penelope Hobhouse Copy Share
Gardens are the result of a collaboration between art and nature. — Penelope Hobhouse Copy Share Image
The ideal garden is one in which a collection of trees, shrubs and plants have been procured and allotted to the best space available and are so arranged and tended that they are seen to their advantage, each in relation to the other. Every plant, of whatever shape or size, should be chosen not only for its individual merits but… — Penelope Hobhouse Copy Share
A garden is to be enjoyed, and should satisfy the mind and not only the eye of the beholder. Sounds such as the rustle… — Penelope Hobhouse Copy Share Image
Even the most irresistible flowering plant, one that I call a 'key' performer, is part of a whole cast; it has to be considered… — Penelope Hobhouse Copy Share Image
The eighteenth-century view of the garden was that it should lead the observer to the enjoyment of the aesthetic sentiments of regularity and order,… — Penelope Hobhouse Copy Share Image
