"In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds……" — Gertrude Jekyll
"In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone."
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Gertrude Jekyll
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There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as…
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I do not envy the owners of very large gardens. The garden should fit its owner or his or her…
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To plant and maintain a flower border, with a good scheme for colour, is by no means the easy thing…
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It has taken me half a lifetime merely to find out what is best worth doing, and a good slice…
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The good gardener knows with absolute certainty that if he does his part, if he gives the labour, the love,…
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It is no use asking me or anyone else how to dig... Better to go and watch a man digging,…
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If you take any flower you please and look it over and turn it about and smell it and feel…
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I plant rosemary all over the garden, so pleasant is it to know that at every few steps one may…
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A garden is a grand teacher... above all it teaches entire trust.
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A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it…
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The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.
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There is a lovable quality about the actual tools. One feels so kindly to the thing that enables the hand…
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