Stretching his hand to reach the stars ....

Stretching his hand to reach the stars,

he forgets the flowers at his feet.

Jeremy Bentham

Botanical Garden, Cienfuegos, Cuba

The garden suggests ...

The garden suggests there might be a place where

we can meet nature halfway.

Michael Pollan

Bonython, Cornwall

The fair weather gardener ...

The fair-weather gardener, who will do nothing except when the wind

and the weather and everything else are favourable,

is never master of his craft.

Henry Ellacombe

RHS Wisley, Surrey

Let us be grateful ...

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are

the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Marcel Proust

Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden, Surrey

Great joys ....

Great joys, like griefs, are silent.

Shackerley Marmion

Godinton House, Kent

Dreams come true

Dreams come true. Without that possibility,

nature would not incite us to have them.

John Updike

Snowshill Manor, Glos

If you've never experienced ...

If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more

than you can imagine, plant a garden.

Robert Brault

Stone House Garden, Glos