Garden Quote 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…

— Janet Macunovich

You don't know the plant until you've killed it. Then you've learned something.

— Janet Macunovich

The very best garden is a new one, on virgin ground. Plants leap out of that spot.

— 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…

— 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…

— Janet Macunovich

You can put a gardener behind the wheel, but you can't keep her eyes off the landscape.

— Janet Macunovich

Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology.

— Janet Macunovich

Happiness comes from growing what thrives, not merely survives.

— 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…

— Janet Macunovich

Take my last best advice: Try everything twice!

— Janet Macunovich

Watch out for trees and traffic. The change is slow, the impact great, yet we miss the one and mistake the other.

— 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…

— Janet Macunovich