Architect Quote by Gertrude Jekyll

The very best relationship has a gardener and a flower. The gardener nurtures and the flower blooms.

— Carole Radziwill

The farmer and the gardener are both busy, the gardener perhaps the more excitable of the two, for he is more of the amateur,…

— Vita Sackville-West

If a garden is well maintained and neatly landscaped, there must be a dedicated and efficient gardener.

— Mr. Lee

In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but…

— Gertrude Jekyll

“I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building…

— George R.R. Martin

“--Gardens, not buildings-- Great projects start out feeling like buildings. There are architects, materials, staff, rigid timelines, permits, engineers, a structure. It works or…

— Seth Godin

In the creation of a garden, the architect invites the partnership of the Kingdom of Nature. In a beautiful garden the majesty of nature…

— Luis Barragan

“To look after a garden involves a kind of getting to know that is somehow always in process. It entails refining and developing an…

— Sue Stuart-Smith

“in life, each person can take one of two attitudes: to build or to plant.”

— Paulo Coelho

“In life, a person can take one of two attitudes: to build or to plant. The builders might take years over their tasks, but…

— Paulo Coelho

I believe that architects should design gardens to be used, as much as the houses they build, to develop a sense of beauty and…

— Luis Barragan

Making a garden is somehow like conducting a symphony - different plants come forward at different times and you need to think very carefully…

— Elisabeth Murdoch