tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61638418337231356722011-10-06T20:04:32.160+01:00Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.comBlogger661100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-52587885566994813172011-01-02T18:49:00.002Z2011-01-02T18:52:51.942Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TSDI55jsr7I/AAAAAAAAAYE/6SxYDyBkFYY/s1600/India1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 560px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TSDI55jsr7I/AAAAAAAAAYE/6SxYDyBkFYY/s400/India1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557662837203840946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Happy New Year to all of those who followed me in 2010.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you have a wonderful year and will join me on my new blog</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://jardinssansfrontiers.blogspot.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Jardins sans Frontiers</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">which will follow our garden in Rajasthan, India</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-5258788556699481317?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-17115670378461073262010-10-21T17:32:00.004+01:002010-10-21T17:35:02.862+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TMBrO_xYfDI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/NtZWdiTarac/s1600/Green4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TMBrO_xYfDI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/NtZWdiTarac/s400/Green4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530538247791868978" /></a>I'm taking a rest from this blog as I'm leaving for India, but you can always catch up with me on:<div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com">THE GALLOPING GARDENER</a></b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-1711567037846107326?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-87632010328840754422010-10-07T09:55:00.002+01:002010-10-07T09:58:42.230+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TK2LUp8-eCI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/3iJjuCYCl6w/s1600/AutumnVista4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TK2LUp8-eCI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/3iJjuCYCl6w/s400/AutumnVista4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525225504828717090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is in flower.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Albert Camus</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com">Autumn - The Galloping Gardener</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-8763201032884075442?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-14588404415300561242010-09-30T09:32:00.002+01:002010-09-30T09:37:15.430+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TKRLLhoNDyI/AAAAAAAAAVI/iHUtrl-ey6Q/s1600/Marwood1-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TKRLLhoNDyI/AAAAAAAAAVI/iHUtrl-ey6Q/s400/Marwood1-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522621704440712994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It was one of those perfect autumnal days which occur more</div><div style="text-align: center;">frequently in memory than in life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>P.D. James</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/09/marvellous-marwood-hill-dont-miss-it.html">Marwood Hill, Devon</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-1458840441530056124?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-34201961725954027562010-09-25T08:47:00.003+01:002010-09-25T08:54:39.821+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TJ2pQuQpr7I/AAAAAAAAAUg/CP0BD6xIW68/s1600/Docton2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TJ2pQuQpr7I/AAAAAAAAAUg/CP0BD6xIW68/s400/Docton2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520754822986969010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Lynn Johnston</b></div><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/09/heaven-in-devon-docton-mill.html"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/09/heaven-in-devon-docton-mill.html">Docton Mill, Devon</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-3420196172595402756?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-55780757291452468052010-09-18T18:34:00.001+01:002010-09-18T18:36:35.296+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TJT4RLofrnI/AAAAAAAAAUY/dujnktoZ34c/s1600/Cien2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TJT4RLofrnI/AAAAAAAAAUY/dujnktoZ34c/s400/Cien2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518308417499803250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Stretching his hand to reach the stars,</div><div style="text-align: center;">he forgets the flowers at his feet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Jeremy Bentham</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/09/cuba-gardens-cienfuegos.html">Botanical Garden, Cienfuegos, Cuba</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-5578075729145246805?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-61454903715707707222010-08-30T17:15:00.002+01:002010-08-30T17:17:46.179+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/THvZQacqc1I/AAAAAAAAAUI/UzHvywwylpo/s1600/Trebah3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/THvZQacqc1I/AAAAAAAAAUI/UzHvywwylpo/s400/Trebah3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511237445018612562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The garden suggests there might be a place where </div><div style="text-align: center;">we can meet nature halfway.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Michael Pollan</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/08/special-cornish-gardens-for-september.html">Bonython, Cornwall</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-6145490371570770722?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-91836765794850341272010-08-19T16:28:00.003+01:002010-08-19T17:01:58.648+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TG1N36ycwXI/AAAAAAAAAT8/Zs5O7Y5LS7M/s1600/A3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TG1N36ycwXI/AAAAAAAAAT8/Zs5O7Y5LS7M/s400/A3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507143542412984690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The fair-weather gardener, who will do nothing except when the wind </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the weather and everything else are favourable, </div><div style="text-align: center;">is never master of his craft.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Henry Ellacombe</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/07/wonderful-wisley.html">RHS Wisley, Surrey</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-9183676579485034127?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-79240245266644793522010-07-25T08:52:00.002+01:002010-07-25T08:56:20.063+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TEvtgO4GdQI/AAAAAAAAATc/MFVHTXQ3Dec/s1600/Peschar7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TEvtgO4GdQI/AAAAAAAAATc/MFVHTXQ3Dec/s400/Peschar7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497748908140819714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are</div><div style="text-align: center;">the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Marcel Proust</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/07/bored-with-borders-you-wont-find-any.html">Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden, Surrey</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-7924024526664479352?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-80625089666585515242010-07-15T09:34:00.003+01:002010-07-15T09:42:01.068+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TD7IQ5FdfRI/AAAAAAAAATU/SauLqamnE08/s1600/Godinton4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TD7IQ5FdfRI/AAAAAAAAATU/SauLqamnE08/s400/Godinton4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494048787965771026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Great joys, like griefs, are silent.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Shackerley Marmion</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/07/glorious-godinton-in-kent.html">Godinton House, Kent</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-8062508966658551524?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-68789645800787624182010-07-12T09:28:00.001+01:002010-07-12T09:30:35.179+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TDrSRFbeTWI/AAAAAAAAATM/IHKMHK4fb4o/s1600/Snows3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TDrSRFbeTWI/AAAAAAAAATM/IHKMHK4fb4o/s400/Snows3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492933886488759650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dreams come true. Without that possibility,</div><div style="text-align: center;">nature would not incite us to have them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>John Updike</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/07/to-manors-born-mottistone-and-snowshill.html">Snowshill Manor, Glos</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-6878964580078762418?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-4700120589101509072010-07-03T09:39:00.003+01:002010-07-03T09:48:17.642+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TC73csjLaJI/AAAAAAAAATE/kB-vgqMPV4w/s1600/Enchanting4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TC73csjLaJI/AAAAAAAAATE/kB-vgqMPV4w/s400/Enchanting4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489597068178319506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more </div><div style="text-align: center;">than you can imagine, plant a garden.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Robert Brault</b></div><div><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/07/very-special-cotswold-cottage-gardens.html"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/07/very-special-cotswold-cottage-gardens.html">Stone House Garden, Glos</a></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-470012058910150907?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-61522452857981518532010-06-26T17:29:00.002+01:002010-06-26T17:35:49.359+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TCYr2b0AdPI/AAAAAAAAAS8/dTwLbpoeBQc/s1600/A2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TCYr2b0AdPI/AAAAAAAAAS8/dTwLbpoeBQc/s400/A2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487121410176349426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">In nature nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Alice Walker</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/06/three-generations-of-women-gardeners-at.html">Kiftsgate Court, Gloucestershire</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-6152245285798151853?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-34574802076553581202010-06-19T10:05:00.001+01:002010-06-19T10:07:37.938+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TByIZv3DiMI/AAAAAAAAAS0/nh43lOIRAt4/s1600/Mary1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TByIZv3DiMI/AAAAAAAAAS0/nh43lOIRAt4/s400/Mary1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484408422155913410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Gardens cannot be considered in detachment from the people who made them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Derek Clifford</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/06/elizabethan-jewel-in-sussex-st-marys.html">St Mary's House and Garden, West Sussex</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-3457480207655358120?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-10474385853206327512010-06-17T08:38:00.003+01:002010-06-17T08:45:26.485+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TBnQ9O-jT6I/AAAAAAAAASs/8Fydh7vB6sM/s1600/A1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TBnQ9O-jT6I/AAAAAAAAASs/8Fydh7vB6sM/s400/A1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483643771711344546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A garden always gives back more than it receives.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mara Beamish</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/06/tropical-surprise-in-southern-england.html">Ventnor Botanic Garden, Isle of Wight</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-1047438585320632751?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-21146337024678966222010-06-12T17:47:00.002+01:002010-06-12T17:50:11.815+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TBO6N1Dg9UI/AAAAAAAAASc/-gDT4T24sVw/s1600/Barnsley1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TBO6N1Dg9UI/AAAAAAAAASc/-gDT4T24sVw/s400/Barnsley1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481929918182913346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There is something fundamental to owning a garden that leaches</div><div style="text-align: center;">into every aspect of living.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mirabel Osler</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/06/barnsley-house-iconic-cotswold-garden.html">Barnsley House, Glos</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-2114633702467896622?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-1930482274861352522010-06-09T08:26:00.004+01:002010-06-09T08:28:15.984+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TA9CJ4axSDI/AAAAAAAAASU/KkurdxMoHes/s1600/Longstock1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TA9CJ4axSDI/AAAAAAAAASU/KkurdxMoHes/s400/Longstock1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480672009064106034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">No two gardens are the same. No two days </div><div style="text-align: center;">are the same in one garden.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Hugh Johnson</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/06/watery-wonder-on-river-test.html">Longstock Water Park, Hampshire</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-193048227486135252?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-71954599222249924862010-06-06T07:52:00.005+01:002010-06-06T20:31:29.032+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TAtFzrumFEI/AAAAAAAAASM/QIGCeTfuz7g/s1600/A1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TAtFzrumFEI/AAAAAAAAASM/QIGCeTfuz7g/s400/A1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479550125840143426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It is good to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all </div><div style="text-align: center;">its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie </div><div style="text-align: center;">of suspended thought.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>James Douglas</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/bloomsbury-set-gardens-blooming-in.html">Monk's House, East Sussex</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-7195459922224992486?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-76205273879929998002010-06-01T09:43:00.002+01:002010-06-01T09:53:16.310+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TATImZ8lg9I/AAAAAAAAAR8/6trygzcRddQ/s1600/Gravetye1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/TATImZ8lg9I/AAAAAAAAAR8/6trygzcRddQ/s400/Gravetye1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477723608914953170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">What we see depends mainly on what we look for.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">John Lubbock</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/another-glorious-gourmet-garden.html">Gravetye Manor, West Sussex</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-7620527387992999800?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-40080477276780376022010-05-26T07:02:00.005+01:002010-05-26T07:05:24.564+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S_y5hAu638I/AAAAAAAAARs/Wem28SS-gP4/s1600/A1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S_y5hAu638I/AAAAAAAAARs/Wem28SS-gP4/s400/A1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475455223759298498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Celia Thaxter</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2009/06/dalliance-with-dorset.html">Mapperton, Dorset</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-4008047727678037602?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-40487775958426207672010-05-22T21:34:00.003+01:002010-05-22T21:36:55.582+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S_hAI5EhGFI/AAAAAAAAARk/QAKhk0Vb7Rk/s1600/A2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S_hAI5EhGFI/AAAAAAAAARk/QAKhk0Vb7Rk/s400/A2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474195868571736146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Views from various resting places give us time to pause, look and see.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Rosemary Verey</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/veddw-undulating-eye-opener-in-wales.html">Veddw, Monmouthshire</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-4048777595842620767?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-46990416540488251352010-05-20T09:35:00.010+01:002010-05-20T11:05:28.743+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S_T0dFzWUfI/AAAAAAAAARc/VKXGatMvAgc/s1600/A2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S_T0dFzWUfI/AAAAAAAAARc/VKXGatMvAgc/s400/A2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473268227772928498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A man sooner or later discovers he is master-gardener </div><div style="text-align: center;">of his soul, the director of his life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>James Allen</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/cothay-manor-youll-never-want-to-leave.html">Cothay Manor, Somerset</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-4699041654048825135?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-90424070992509102392010-05-12T22:30:00.005+01:002010-05-12T22:41:41.989+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S-seInTU4UI/AAAAAAAAARU/ZUw1y5eBpXI/s1600/A2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S-seInTU4UI/AAAAAAAAARU/ZUw1y5eBpXI/s400/A2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470499305709429058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it, but can describe</div><div style="text-align: center;">it only from the vantage point of distance.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Charles Lindbergh</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/eat-your-heart-out-above-london.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Roof Gardens, London</span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-9042407099250910239?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-32323277815657135172010-05-09T08:00:00.003+01:002010-05-09T08:05:45.711+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S-ZdnDfMpnI/AAAAAAAAARM/H91cMgGarxQ/s1600/A1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S-ZdnDfMpnI/AAAAAAAAARM/H91cMgGarxQ/s400/A1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469161723020486258" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Hopes are planted in friendship's garden, where dreams</div><div style="text-align: center;">blossom into priceless treasures.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Author Unknown</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/real-5-garden-and-rarely-publicised.html">Charts Edge, Kent</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-3232327781565713517?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-6491909733872428282010-05-07T21:21:00.004+01:002010-05-07T21:24:43.201+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S-R2TeNol-I/AAAAAAAAARE/e5hxxaVpxxA/s1600/A1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S-R2TeNol-I/AAAAAAAAARE/e5hxxaVpxxA/s400/A1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468625924434466786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Plants give us oxygen for the lungs and for the soul.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Linda Solegato</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/spring-kaleidoscope-at-leondardslee.html">Leonardslee Gardens, West Sussex</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-649190973387242828?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-74109738995081892632010-05-05T07:12:00.005+01:002010-05-05T07:16:47.269+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S-EMVNug00I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/_C434Ros9fA/s1600/A1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S-EMVNug00I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/_C434Ros9fA/s400/A1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467664981206029122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Gardening is an active participation in the deepest mysteries of the universe.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Thomas Berry</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post.html">Parham House, West Sussex</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-7410973899508189263?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-53990416119921990632010-05-03T09:10:00.005+01:002010-05-03T09:16:54.669+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S96Fhy_0qXI/AAAAAAAAAQs/UygpRIYq-c0/s1600/G+for+Garden+House.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S96Fhy_0qXI/AAAAAAAAAQs/UygpRIYq-c0/s400/G+for+Garden+House.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466953813346003314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to</div><div style="text-align: center;">believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Douglas Adams</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html">The Garden House, Devon</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-5399041611992199063?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-6832078884273997092010-04-30T16:07:00.002+01:002010-04-30T16:10:41.517+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S9ryUHHYUTI/AAAAAAAAAQY/1tin8lAldJQ/s1600/GBDApr30.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S9ryUHHYUTI/AAAAAAAAAQY/1tin8lAldJQ/s400/GBDApr30.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465947525088825650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Nature is wont to hide herself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Heraclitus</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/04/spring-in-my-step-in-sussex.html">High Beeches, West Sussex</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-683207888427399709?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-35540194713443096852010-04-28T06:36:00.002+01:002010-04-28T06:38:50.978+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S9fJYF7W1UI/AAAAAAAAAPY/pECwe3EB0BE/s1600/GBDApr29.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S9fJYF7W1UI/AAAAAAAAAPY/pECwe3EB0BE/s400/GBDApr29.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465058088582567234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">How fair is a garden amid the trials and passions of existence.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Benjamin Disraeli</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/04/tiptoe-through-tulips.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pashley Manor Garden, East Sussex</span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-3554019471344309685?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-3375864144637693952010-04-14T04:46:00.001+01:002010-04-14T04:48:49.666+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S8U6x09VYrI/AAAAAAAAAOw/0Wki0WGYQ4U/s1600/Brighton2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S8U6x09VYrI/AAAAAAAAAOw/0Wki0WGYQ4U/s400/Brighton2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459834750960493234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">April is a promise that May is bound to keep.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Hal Borland</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/04/brightons-blooming.html">Brighton Pavilion Garden, East Sussex</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-337586414463769395?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-57339919004616744362010-04-08T19:50:00.003+01:002010-04-08T19:56:17.126+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S74lmvtliDI/AAAAAAAAAOY/lc644f8tGEU/s1600/GBDApril8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S74lmvtliDI/AAAAAAAAAOY/lc644f8tGEU/s400/GBDApril8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457841145992546354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Great things are done when men and mountains meet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>William Blake</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2009/08/crystals-and-castles-in-austria.html">Swarovski Crystal Garden, Innsbruck, Austria</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-5733991900461674436?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-73337862943517818802010-04-04T15:14:00.004+01:002010-04-04T15:19:33.206+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S7ie38OnSBI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/xI21o2qOgrs/s1600/GBDApril4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S7ie38OnSBI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/xI21o2qOgrs/s400/GBDApril4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456285632456771602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A garden must be looked into, and dressed as the body. </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">George Herbert</span></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2009/09/hidden-treasures-in-wales.html">Aberglasney Garden, Wales</a></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-7333786294351781880?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-90931756959475655922010-04-02T14:30:00.002+01:002010-04-02T14:33:59.957+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S7XxkNs_X-I/AAAAAAAAAOI/2nSw6pjW1XM/s1600/GBDApril2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S7XxkNs_X-I/AAAAAAAAAOI/2nSw6pjW1XM/s400/GBDApril2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455532128085172194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Hal Borland</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2009/11/some-really-gorgeous-f-and-g-gardens.html">Groombridge Place, Kent</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-9093175695947565592?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-83327428565706135682010-03-29T15:58:00.005+01:002010-03-29T16:02:44.848+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S7DAPt0pR5I/AAAAAAAAAOA/Ugfho8dMYq0/s1600/Sissinghurst3.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S7DAPt0pR5I/AAAAAAAAAOA/Ugfho8dMYq0/s400/Sissinghurst3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454070524976646034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">In his garden every man may be his own artist without apology of</div><div style="text-align: center;">explanation. Each within his green enclosure is a creator.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Louise Wilder</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://hegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/03/thanks-to-jean-for-some-thoughts-on.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://hegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/03/thanks-to-jean-for-some-thoughts-on.html">Sissinghurst Castle, Kent</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-8332742856570613568?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-52119474426571783262010-03-27T12:19:00.002Z2010-03-27T12:23:00.215Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S6334TgVVYI/AAAAAAAAAN4/NoKlhlGRx2Q/s1600/GBDMar27.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S6334TgVVYI/AAAAAAAAAN4/NoKlhlGRx2Q/s400/GBDMar27.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453287270496163202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless </div><div style="text-align: center;">garden when the flowers are dead.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Oscar Wilde</span></div><div><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/03/this-post-is-for-lovely-helen-of.html"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/03/this-post-is-for-lovely-helen-of.html">Allan Gardens Conservatory, Toronto</a></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-5211947442657178326?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-46395117307957483832010-03-22T13:27:00.002Z2010-03-22T13:29:36.829Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S6dwU8jzyYI/AAAAAAAAANo/lHnyXzDNHLM/s1600-h/GBDMar21.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S6dwU8jzyYI/AAAAAAAAANo/lHnyXzDNHLM/s400/GBDMar21.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451449379111291266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the eyes will take care of themselves.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Robert Louis Stevenson</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/03/montreals-majestic-botanical-garden.html">Montreal Botanical Garden, Canada</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-4639511730795748383?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-87052929073150606682010-03-09T12:01:00.003Z2010-03-09T12:02:59.873Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S5Y4r5zUKTI/AAAAAAAAANg/BCAq_ol3gK0/s1600-h/GBDMar9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S5Y4r5zUKTI/AAAAAAAAANg/BCAq_ol3gK0/s400/GBDMar9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446603126252775730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Kozuko Okakura</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2009/10/wakehurst-garden-for-all-seasons.html">Wakehurst Place, East Sussex</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-8705292907315060668?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-64159043457671968042010-03-06T13:21:00.006Z2010-03-06T13:26:38.522Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S5JW4JwxLHI/AAAAAAAAANY/Wv8HQYKFNFE/s1600-h/PergolaHever.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S5JW4JwxLHI/AAAAAAAAANY/Wv8HQYKFNFE/s400/PergolaHever.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445510422137482354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I would always greet it in a garden.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Ruth Stout</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/03/perfect-pergolas-at-home-and-abroad.html">Hever Castle, Kent</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-6415904345767196804?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-32081769980890234122010-03-04T23:39:00.003Z2010-03-04T23:43:01.522Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S5BE6-QgMvI/AAAAAAAAANQ/36p1kR_pENk/s1600-h/Fairchild3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S5BE6-QgMvI/AAAAAAAAANQ/36p1kR_pENk/s400/Fairchild3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444927729426248434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Gardening is ultimately a folly whose goal is to provide delight.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Deborah Needleman</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-can-be-fairer-than-floridas.html">Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden</a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-3208176998089023412?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-71754365342578656732010-03-02T12:21:00.002Z2010-03-02T12:24:20.042Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S40DBaxYkFI/AAAAAAAAANI/ai2L9APyKco/s1600-h/DStowe8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S40DBaxYkFI/AAAAAAAAANI/ai2L9APyKco/s400/DStowe8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444010847462002770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">You don't have to garden just for yourself. You have to share it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Augusta Carter</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/02/winter-wonderland-in-north-carolina.html">Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-7175436534257865673?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-2017446865317937192010-02-27T14:09:00.003Z2010-02-27T14:11:50.189Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S4knz6Lf5eI/AAAAAAAAANA/V_oqk5Vseus/s1600-h/Filoli6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S4knz6Lf5eI/AAAAAAAAANA/V_oqk5Vseus/s400/Filoli6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442925397398250978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Gardens are a form of autobiography.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Sydney Eddison</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-youve-all-been-waiting-for-filoli.html">Filoli, CA</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-201744686531793719?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-82900032116036772802010-02-22T13:53:00.004Z2010-02-22T14:02:04.859Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S4KMjUcRkYI/AAAAAAAAAM4/Ii3Rxx_FMQA/s1600-h/GBDFeb22.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S4KMjUcRkYI/AAAAAAAAAM4/Ii3Rxx_FMQA/s400/GBDFeb22.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441065838227591554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The man of leisure looks at a garden with serenity, the man of skill </div><div style="text-align: center;">arranges it beautifully, the superior man enjoys its quintessence.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Zhong Xing</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2009/06/magnificent-majorelle.html">Majorelle Gardens, Marrakech, Morocco</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-8290003211603677280?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-66333217816762759802010-02-20T13:34:00.004Z2010-02-20T13:38:03.756Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S3_k8za1T5I/AAAAAAAAAMw/LYvBKHLz-zY/s1600-h/Berkeley7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S3_k8za1T5I/AAAAAAAAAMw/LYvBKHLz-zY/s400/Berkeley7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440318608132886418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">One of the most delightful things about a garden is</div><div style="text-align: center;">the anticipation it provides.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>W.E. Johns</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/02/never-thought-id-find-blooms-like-this.html">Botanical Garden at Berkeley, CA</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-6633321781676275980?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-72478946283818162802010-02-17T01:58:00.002Z2010-02-17T02:00:56.800Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S3tNdq-_mgI/AAAAAAAAAMg/ulsebtXK6MQ/s1600-h/GBDFeb17.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S3tNdq-_mgI/AAAAAAAAAMg/ulsebtXK6MQ/s400/GBDFeb17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439026147130055170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Rudyard Kipling</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/02/wave-garden-overlooking-bay.html">The Wave Garden, Richmond Point, CA</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-7247894628381816280?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-91214623151049548292010-02-13T15:22:00.003Z2010-02-13T15:31:59.358Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S3bD3P3qNYI/AAAAAAAAAMY/nG4utM4um20/s1600-h/GBDFeb13.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S3bD3P3qNYI/AAAAAAAAAMY/nG4utM4um20/s400/GBDFeb13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437748954016658818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There are always flowers for those who want to see them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Henry Matisse</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/02/jewel-in-florida-crown-kampong.html">The Kampong, Coconut Grove, FL</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-9121462315104954829?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-86716492854950334382010-02-10T22:59:00.004Z2010-02-10T23:04:51.429Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S3M6bo4xCzI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/-V67BHq_bj0/s1600-h/GBDFeb10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S3M6bo4xCzI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/-V67BHq_bj0/s400/GBDFeb10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436753421672713010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Every garden maker should be an artist along his own lines. That's the</div><div style="text-align: center;">only possible way to create a garden, irrespective of size or wealth.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Vita Sackville-West</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/01/last-day-of-christmas-garden-directory.html">Beth Chatto Garden, Essex, UK</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-8671649285495033438?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-13234568592876239112010-02-08T13:36:00.003Z2010-02-08T13:44:38.791Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S3ATZgGjmdI/AAAAAAAAAMI/ME3maTewHuQ/s1600-h/GBDFeb8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S3ATZgGjmdI/AAAAAAAAAMI/ME3maTewHuQ/s400/GBDFeb8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435866079071279570" /></a><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">A garden is evidence of faith. It links us with all the misty figures</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> of the past who also planted and were nourished by the</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">fruits of their planting.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gladys Taber</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2009/07/gardens-that-open-for-charity-dont-miss.html">Town Place, Sussex (Open under NGS)</a></div></b><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-1323456859287623911?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-42512807940957012812010-02-06T15:13:00.004Z2010-02-06T15:21:25.188Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S22Htv34vxI/AAAAAAAAAL4/o8O9zkzSnMU/s1600-h/GBDFeb6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S22Htv34vxI/AAAAAAAAAL4/o8O9zkzSnMU/s400/GBDFeb6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435149545320791826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A garden is never as good as it will be next year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Thomas Cooper</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/02/viscaya-great-location-but-where-are.html">Viscaya, FL, USA</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-4251280794095701281?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-52750052568952495712010-02-04T11:50:00.004Z2010-02-04T11:52:28.468Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S2q0sbksyOI/AAAAAAAAALw/fTP7f99EWNY/s1600-h/GBDFeb3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S2q0sbksyOI/AAAAAAAAALw/fTP7f99EWNY/s400/GBDFeb3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434354575784855778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Stretching out his hand to catch the stars, he forgets</div><div style="text-align: center;">the flowers at his feet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Jeremy Bentham</b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-5275005256895249571?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-29252894498291618962010-02-01T12:57:00.006Z2010-02-01T13:01:18.827Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S2bP3p-qzgI/AAAAAAAAALg/ix-mcRNcmi0/s1600-h/Hestercombe1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S2bP3p-qzgI/AAAAAAAAALg/ix-mcRNcmi0/s400/Hestercombe1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433258555537542658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A special entry today because Roy Strong is giving a lecture at </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.hestercombe.com/events/198/Bampfylde-Memorial-Lecture-Chop-it-Down-the-re-creation-of-The-Laskett-Gardens.xhtml">Hestercombe Gardens, Somerset</a></b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-2925289449829161896?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-84675879341836433882010-01-31T00:28:00.002Z2010-01-31T00:31:07.313Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S2TOyJsKDSI/AAAAAAAAALY/gUUS3WJlKsU/s1600-h/GBDJan31.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S2TOyJsKDSI/AAAAAAAAALY/gUUS3WJlKsU/s400/GBDJan31.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432694411505569058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A hedge between keeps friendships green.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>German Proverb</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2009/11/look-at-some-gardens.html">Abbey House Gardens, Malmesbury, Wilts</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-8467587934183643388?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-62303129980209366172010-01-29T13:11:00.002Z2010-01-29T13:14:55.456Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S2LfCXlLTHI/AAAAAAAAALQ/HOj6lpFBZF4/s1600-h/GBDJan29.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S2LfCXlLTHI/AAAAAAAAALQ/HOj6lpFBZF4/s400/GBDJan29.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432149332344917106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments;</div><div style="text-align: center;">there are consequences.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Robert Green Ingersoll</b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-6230312998020936617?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-9209475928016208892010-01-27T00:19:00.002Z2010-01-27T00:21:11.585Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S198iWl1gMI/AAAAAAAAALI/v94ncDS0_PY/s1600-h/GBDJan27.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S198iWl1gMI/AAAAAAAAALI/v94ncDS0_PY/s400/GBDJan27.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431196605253779650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A garden is always a series of losses set against a few </div><div style="text-align: center;">triumphs, like life itself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mary Sarton</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/01/great-little-estate-in-florida.html">Edison &amp; Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers, Florida</a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-920947592801620889?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-49174514211279904962010-01-25T09:59:00.004Z2010-01-25T10:01:34.002Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S11rqDkZUXI/AAAAAAAAAK4/tcp1PYqG_v8/s1600-h/GBDJan25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S11rqDkZUXI/AAAAAAAAAK4/tcp1PYqG_v8/s400/GBDJan25.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430615095935324530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Heinrich Heine</b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-4917451421127990496?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-64900205670016727322010-01-23T11:46:00.003Z2010-01-23T11:50:41.721Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S1rh5-2wOhI/AAAAAAAAAKo/1fnAdtaImE0/s1600-h/GBDJan23.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S1rh5-2wOhI/AAAAAAAAAKo/1fnAdtaImE0/s400/GBDJan23.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429900686989998610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and no culture comparable to that of the garden.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Thomas Jefferson</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html">The Garden House, Devon</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-6490020567001672732?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-88211157516425335342010-01-21T00:32:00.002Z2010-01-21T00:33:00.510Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S1diaNZTudI/AAAAAAAAAKg/IGUsjolB5o8/s1600-h/GBDJan21.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S1diaNZTudI/AAAAAAAAAKg/IGUsjolB5o8/s400/GBDJan21.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428916078230354386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Happiness grows at our own firesides and is not to </div><div style="text-align: center;">be picked in strangers' gardens.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Douglas William Jerrold</b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-8821115751642533534?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-17955018383859594092010-01-19T16:37:00.003Z2010-01-19T16:41:42.307Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S1XgGEiw1ZI/AAAAAAAAAKY/csl9UAi3Xj0/s1600-h/GBDJan19.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S1XgGEiw1ZI/AAAAAAAAAKY/csl9UAi3Xj0/s400/GBDJan19.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428491320768386450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">An addiction to gardening is not all bad when you consider </div><div style="text-align: center;">all the other choices in life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Cora Lea Bell</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2009/11/some-really-gorgeous-f-and-g-gardens.html">Greenbank Garden, Scotland</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-1795501838385959409?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-33553369302409268462010-01-17T17:42:00.003Z2010-01-17T19:02:58.891Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S1NMTRkvCQI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/YJ1MJMLnVi8/s1600-h/GBDJan18.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S1NMTRkvCQI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/YJ1MJMLnVi8/s400/GBDJan18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427765869930285314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Francis Bacon</b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-3355336930240926846?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-67653619724237101302010-01-16T08:06:00.002Z2010-01-16T08:11:39.671Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S1Fz595uVHI/AAAAAAAAAKA/4cejzQlaBEY/s1600-h/GBDJan16.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S1Fz595uVHI/AAAAAAAAAKA/4cejzQlaBEY/s400/GBDJan16.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427246465664570482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">When the world wearies and society ceases to please, there is always the garden.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Minnie Aumonier</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2009/07/musical-fountains-sailor-suited.html">Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, France</a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-6765361972423710130?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-17987740539439290532010-01-14T08:27:00.003Z2010-01-14T08:35:07.654Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S07VrI2gO-I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/lVciL2x99co/s1600-h/GBDJan14.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S07VrI2gO-I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/lVciL2x99co/s400/GBDJan14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426509538115206114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mary Howitt</b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-1798774053943929053?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-37840984560864384542010-01-12T07:14:00.003Z2010-01-12T07:23:53.486Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S0whgVJni0I/AAAAAAAAAJo/gJNN7JF2dro/s1600-h/LIDJan12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S0whgVJni0I/AAAAAAAAAJo/gJNN7JF2dro/s400/LIDJan12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425748490391620418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Hanna Rion</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/01/lovely-l-gardens-to-divert-us-from-snow.html">Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset</a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-3784098456086438454?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-8980341381991716352010-01-10T07:16:00.002Z2010-01-10T07:19:18.033Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S0l_BImTk9I/AAAAAAAAAJg/dXB7MOJenY4/s1600-h/Snowdrops4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S0l_BImTk9I/AAAAAAAAAJg/dXB7MOJenY4/s400/Snowdrops4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425006883609220050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">With gardening, you're always learning things, just when you </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">thought you knew it all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Carmen Calill</b></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-898034138199171635?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-29073796643527777292010-01-08T07:16:00.006Z2010-01-08T11:43:44.712Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S0bb66yWg9I/AAAAAAAAAJY/rVx-81Brs28/s1600-h/GBDJan8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S0bb66yWg9I/AAAAAAAAAJY/rVx-81Brs28/s400/GBDJan8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424264606473683922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvest reaps.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Amos Bronson Alcott</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2009/09/magnificent-castle-gardens-steeped-in.html">Hever Castle and Gardens, Kent</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-2907379664352777729?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-52985581716069799782010-01-06T08:44:00.002Z2010-01-06T08:46:44.803Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S0RNtE1EyaI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/Z90jMsoYXbY/s1600-h/GBD8Jan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S0RNtE1EyaI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/Z90jMsoYXbY/s400/GBD8Jan.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423545288046725538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A flower touches everyone's heart.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Georgia O'Keefe</b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-5298558171606979978?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-82383380013280496952010-01-04T08:00:00.000Z2010-01-04T08:03:36.320Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S0GgKdVXACI/AAAAAAAAAJI/wOaEOTufNiA/s1600-h/GBDJan4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/S0GgKdVXACI/AAAAAAAAAJI/wOaEOTufNiA/s400/GBDJan4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422791527864139810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Life is a maze in which we take the wrong turn before we have learned to walk.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Cyril Connolly</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2009/06/cornish-gardens-and-cream-teas.html">Glendurgan Garden, Cornwall</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-8238338001328049695?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-78046078583083007412010-01-02T15:13:00.000Z2010-01-02T16:49:23.479Z<div style="text-align: justify;">Hello and welcome to my new blog, which marks the start of 2010. The Garden Book of Days will be published every other day and will feature gardens, garden scenes and plants from around the world. When they are cross-referenced to a garden that I have visited in my other blog: <b><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com">"The Galloping Gardener"</a></b>, there will be a link for you to click to see the garden review.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/Sz9mePHYZ_I/AAAAAAAAAI4/J4R0_OFCGaM/s1600-h/GBDJan1-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__-LDjgfZVAU/Sz9mePHYZ_I/AAAAAAAAAI4/J4R0_OFCGaM/s400/GBDJan1-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422165146016966642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Franz Kafka</b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6163841833723135672-7804607858308300741?l=thegardenbookofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com16