Gardeners often focus exclusively on plants, missing the absolutely essential visual role played by structures, from paths to pavilions.

- Janet Macunovich

You can put a gardener behind the wheel, but you can't keep her eyes off the landscape.

- Janet Macunovich

We blame Walt Disney for goldenrod's undeserved bad name. Despite Sneezy's pronouncement, plants such as goldenrod with heavy, insect-carried pollen …

- Janet Macunovich

Silly gardeners! We buy pretty, comfortable benches and position them oh so carefully. But does the gardener ever sit? No! We perch momentarily and t…

- Janet Macunovich

History is everything in gardening: With a site, weather, a particular plant. It solves mysteries. And it's why, when others say, "You can't do that!…

- Janet Macunovich

If a bush is too big, don't ask "should I?" Go ahead and cut it. If it lives, great. If it dies, replace it with something better suited!

- Janet Macunovich

Don't design your back yard from the outside looking in. Design from your window looking out.

- Janet Macunovich

Happiness comes from growing what thrives, not merely survives.

- Janet Macunovich

There's no "right way" to garden, only what suits each person and place.

- Janet Macunovich