I love decorating my home. I
I love decorating my home. I’m a gardener too, so that’s usually something I have to play catch up with.
Working with plants, trees, fences and
Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.
The garden, by design, is concerned
The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden.
Many talk about a guest worker
Many talk about a guest worker program. I think most reasonable people believe that a guest worker program in the farming industry, perhaps in the gardening and landscape industries, is reasonable.
Gardens are not made by singing
Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
What’s a butterfly garden without
What’s a butterfly garden without butterflies?
I don’t like formal gardens
I don’t like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It’s just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.
Show me your garden and I
Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.
All gardening is landscape painting.
All gardening is landscape painting.
The space and light up there
The space and light up there in Norfolk is wonderfully peaceful. I find myself doing funny things like gardening, and cooking, which I rarely do in London.
Well tended garden is better than
Well tended garden is better than a neglected wood lot.
It is only the farmer who
It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
If you build up the soil
If you build up the soil with organic material, the plants will do just fine.
A good garden may have some
A good garden may have some weeds.
Somebody informed me recently that the
Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.
Remember that children, marriages, and flower
Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
Some men like to make a
Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path.
In search of my mother’s
In search of my mother’s garden, I found my own.
A man has made at least
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
I have to keep up with
I have to keep up with the scientific literature as part of my job, but increasingly I found myself reading things that weren’t really relevant to my academic work, but were relevant to gardening.