Back to my other blog ...

I'm taking a rest from this blog as I'm leaving for India, but you can always catch up with me on:

THE GALLOPING GARDENER

Autumn is a second spring ...

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is in flower.

Albert Camus

Autumn - The Galloping Gardener

It was one of those perfect ...

It was one of those perfect autumnal days which occur more

frequently in memory than in life.

P.D. James

Marwood Hill, Devon

An unhurried sense of time ...

An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth.

Lynn Johnston

Docton Mill, Devon

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