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title: "2 Roger Swain Quotes - Famous Horticulturist (The Practical Gardener)"
description: "Roger Bartlett Swain, known as \"the man with the red suspenders\", is most famous for hosting The Victory Garden on PBS from the mid-1980s until 2001."
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# Roger Swain

(1949)   Horticulturist

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Roger Swain is a horticulturist, best known for *The Practical Gardener*.

## Quick Facts About Roger Swain

Born February 5, 1949

Profession Horticulturist

Notable works The Practical Gardener

## About Roger Swain

Roger Bartlett Swain, known as "the man with the red suspenders", is most famous for hosting The Victory Garden on PBS from the mid-1980s until 2001.

##  Quotes by Roger Swain

> [People in suburbia see trees differently than foresters do. They cherish every one. It is useless to speak of the probability that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-swain/people-in-suburbia-see-trees-differently-than-foresters-do-they/)

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> [Among gardeners, enthusiasm and experience rarely exist in equal measures. The beginner dreams of home-grown bouquets and baskets of ripe fruit, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-swain/among-gardeners-enthusiasm-and-experience-rarely-exist-in-equal/)

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