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title: "1 Window Looking Quotes By Janet Macunovich"
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> [Don't design your back yard from the outside looking in. Design from your window looking out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/don-t-design-your-back-yard-from-the-outside-looking-in-design-from/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/janet-macunovich-21724_design_don-t-design-your-back-yard-from-the-out_2636606.jpg)

## More by Janet Macunovich

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/if-you-cut-a-shrub-back-because-it-s-just-too-big-and-it-dies-you/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

> [You don't know the plant until you've killed it. Then you've learned something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/you-don-t-know-the-plant-until-you-ve-killed-it-then-you-ve-learned/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

> [The very best garden is a new one, on virgin ground. Plants leap out of that spot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/the-very-best-garden-is-a-new-one-on-virgin-ground-plants-leap-out-of/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

> [Gardeners in regions with very long summer days have a great opportunity, and should use more of the cool colors that literally glow in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/gardeners-in-regions-with-very-long-summer-days-have-a-great/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

> [Silly gardeners! We buy pretty, comfortable benches and position them oh so carefully. But does the gardener ever sit? No! We perch momentarily and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/silly-gardeners-we-buy-pretty-comfortable-benches-and-position-them/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

> [You can put a gardener behind the wheel, but you can't keep her eyes off the landscape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/you-can-put-a-gardener-behind-the-wheel-but-you-can-t-keep-her-eyes/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

> [Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/gardeners-do-first-read-later-why-not-plants-are-very-gracious-in/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

> [Happiness comes from growing what thrives, not merely survives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/happiness-comes-from-growing-what-thrives-not-merely-survives/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/we-think-we-learn-by-growing-a-plant-but-we-can-t-know-if-it-s-just/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

> [Take my last best advice: Try everything twice!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/take-my-last-best-advice-try-everything-twice/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

> [Watch out for trees and traffic. The change is slow, the impact great, yet we miss the one and mistake the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/watch-out-for-trees-and-traffic-the-change-is-slow-the-impact-great/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/a-colorful-handle-on-a-tool-does-nothing-for-me-once-it-drops-into/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

> [If someone says "You're not doing that right," hand him the shovel, sit and watch. That's the right way to garden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/if-someone-says-you-re-not-doing-that-right-hand-him-the-shovel-sit/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

> [There's no "right way" to garden, only what suits each person and place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/there-s-no-right-way-to-garden-only-what-suits-each-person-and-place/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

> [Gardeners often focus exclusively on plants, missing the absolutely essential visual role played by structures, from paths to pavilions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/gardeners-often-focus-exclusively-on-plants-missing-the-absolutely/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

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