The Love Of Gardening Is A Seed

I Plant Rosemary All Over The Garden, So Pleasant Is It To Know That At Every Few Steps One May Draw The Kindly Branchlets Through One's Hand, And Have The Enjoyment Of Their Incomparable Incense; And I Grow It Against Walls, So That The Sun May Draw Out Its Inexhaustible Sweetness To Greet Me As I Pass.

There Is Always In February Some One Day, At Least, When One Smells The Yet Distant, But Surely Coming, Summer.

The Possession Of A Quantity Of Plants, However Good The Plants May Be Themselves And However Ample Their Number, Does Not Make A Garden; It Only Makes A Collection. Having Got The Plants, The Great Thing Is To Use Them With Careful Selection And Definite Intention.

For The Best Building And Planting...the Architect And Gardener Must Have Some Knowledge Of Each Other's Business, And Each Must Regard With Feelings Of Kindly Reverence The Unknown Domains Of The Other's Higher Knowledge.

There Is No Spot Of Ground, However Arid, Bare Or Ugly, That Cannot Be Tamed Into Such A State As May Give An Impression Of Beauty And Delight.