It Is No Use Asking Me Or

The Lesson I Have Thoroughly Learnt, And Wish To Pass On To Others, Is To Know The Enduring Happiness That The Love Of A Garden Gives.

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.

The Love Of Gardening Is A Seed That Once Sown Never Dies, But Grows To The Enduring Happiness That The Love Of Gardening Gives.

I Do Not Envy The Owners Of Very Large Gardens. The Garden Should Fit Its Owner Or His Or Her Tastes, Just As One's Clothes Do; It Should Be Neither Too Large Nor Too Small, But Just Comfortable.

It Has Taken Me Half A Lifetime Merely To Find Out What Is Best Worth Doing, And A Good Slice Out Of Another Half To Puzzle Out The Ways Of Doing It.