Essentials Quote by Janet Macunovich

Gardeners (or just plain simple writers who write about the garden) always have something they like intensely and in particular, right at the moment…

— Jamaica Kincaid

Gardening is in large measure a phenomenon of attention.

— Allen Lacy

I think plants present an opportunity for people to look closely at something and get invested in something that's truly very much outside of…

— Hope Jahren

Surely ruminating and lolling, squandering slivers of time as you ponder on this or that plant; perching about the place on seats chosen for…

— Mirabel Osler

“Physically, gardens must have boundaries. Mentally, they can reach to the limits of the known universe. The ideas that bestow such vast extent upon…

— Tom Turner

Nature soon takes over if the gardener is absent.

— Penelope Hobhouse

To plant is but a part of landscape composition; to co-ordinate is all.

— Christopher Tunnard

'The Gardener' is more than a marvellous collection of images by a master photographer.

— John Burnside

One of the most important things a gardener does is look. The rewards are immeasurable.

— Elsa Bakalar

Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours and aspirations in the…

— Richardson Wright

“only the eye that sees can differentiate a flower from leaves”

— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

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

— Mr. Lee