Gardens are ...

Gardens are a form of autobiography.

Sydney Eddison

Filoli, CA

The man of leisure ....

The man of leisure looks at a garden with serenity, the man of skill

arranges it beautifully, the superior man enjoys its quintessence.

Zhong Xing

Majorelle Gardens, Marrakech, Morocco

One of the most delightful .....

One of the most delightful things about a garden is

the anticipation it provides.

W.E. Johns

Botanical Garden at Berkeley, CA

Gardens are not made .....

Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.

Rudyard Kipling

The Wave Garden, Richmond Point, CA

There are always flowers .....

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

Henry Matisse

The Kampong, Coconut Grove, FL

Every garden maker should be an artist ...

Every garden maker should be an artist along his own lines. That's the

only possible way to create a garden, irrespective of size or wealth.

Vita Sackville-West

Beth Chatto Garden, Essex, UK

A garden is evidence of faith ....

A garden is evidence of faith. It links us with all the misty figures

of the past who also planted and were nourished by the

fruits of their planting.

Gladys Taber

Town Place, Sussex (Open under NGS)

A garden is never as good ....

A garden is never as good as it will be next year.

Thomas Cooper

Viscaya, FL, USA

.... flowers at his feet

Stretching out his hand to catch the stars, he forgets

the flowers at his feet.

Jeremy Bentham

Roy Strong lecture at Hestercombe - don't miss it!

A special entry today because Roy Strong is giving a lecture at

Hestercombe Gardens, Somerset