There is a lovable quality about the actual tools. One feels so kindly to the thing that enables the hand to obey the brain. Moreover, one feels a good deal of respect for it; without it the brain and the hand would be helpless.
There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight. - Gertrude Jekyll
There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight.
- Gertrude Jekyll
The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies. - Gertrude Jekyll
The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.
There is always in February some one day, at least, when one smells the yet distant, but surely coming, summer. - Gertrude Jekyll
There is always in February some one day, at least, when one smells the yet distant, but surely coming, summer.
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… - Gertrude Jekyll
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…
In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom … - Gertrude Jekyll
In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom …
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 mak… - Gertrude Jekyll
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 mak…
The love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies, but grows to the enduring happiness that the love of gardening gives. - Gertrude Jekyll
The love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies, but grows to the enduring happiness that the love of gardening gives.
A garden is a grand teacher... above all it teaches entire trust. - Gertrude Jekyll
A garden is a grand teacher... above all it teaches entire trust.
More than half a century has passed, and yet each spring, when I wander into the primrose wood, I see the pale yellow blooms and smell their sweetest… - Gertrude Jekyll
More than half a century has passed, and yet each spring, when I wander into the primrose wood, I see the pale yellow blooms and smell their sweetest…
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