One of the most delightful things about gardening is the freemasonry it gives with other gardeners, and the interest and pleasure all gardeners get b…

- Margery Fish

I could go on and on. But that is just what gardening is, going on and on. My philistine of a husband often told with amusement how a cousin when ask…

- Margery Fish

Gardening is like everything else in life, you get out of it as much as you put in. No one can make a garden by buying a few packets of seeds or doin…

- Margery Fish

you mustn't rely on your flowers to make your garden attractive. A good bone structure must come first, with an intelligent use of evergreen plants s…

- Margery Fish

It is always a great pleasure, and surprise, when you happen on just the perfect place in which to plant some special treasure.

- Margery Fish

Firmness in all aspects is a most important quality when gardening, not only in planting but in pruning, dividing and tying up. Plants are like babie…

- Margery Fish

The house, while sound in wind and limb, was described as being of 'no character.' We didn't think then that it had anything but character, rather si…

- Margery Fish

I have never regretted our foolhardiness. Of course, we made mistakes, endless mistakes, but at least they were our own, just as the garden was our o…

- Margery Fish