I'm in this absolutely gorgeous manor house with acres of quite beautiful countryside. I've got trout in the river, an organic vegetable garden, I've….

Having lasted for 4,000 years, the use of nature's materials to express ideas about nature may be expected to continue. The best garden designs are p….

A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because some….

What brings the karmic result from the patterns of our actions is not our action alone. As we intend and then act, we create [our] karma: so another ….

Obesity is the result of a loss of self-control. Indeed, loss of self-control might be said to be the defining social (or anti-social) characteristic….

Gardening is an active participation in The deepest mysteries of the universe..

A good garden may have some weeds..

There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither citi….

Flowers are my music..

All nature wears one universal grin..

I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids..

In our not-yet-acknowledged secret garden lie the seeds of some of our best not-yet-written stories.

Thy Return is as another Sun to Heaven; a new Rose blooming in the Garden of the Soul..

We do children an enormous disservice when we assume that they cannot appreciate anything beyond drive through fare and nutritionally marginal, kid-t….

You have to get over the color green; you have to quit associating beauty with gardens and lawns; you have to get used to an inhuman scale; you have ….

The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives..

The male has been persuaded to assume a certain onerous and disagreeable role with the promise of rewards -- material and psychological. Women may in….

Time is an amazing enigma in which seeds that were planted can turn into a vibrant garden if properly pruned..

For those dependent on their gardens for fresh food, it was often a case of feast or famine... (One settler wrote), "Strawberries were now so plentif….

Object in/ and space - the first impulse may be to give the object - a position - to place the object. (The object had a position to begin with.) Nex….

A few moments of silence may be all the meditation we need at times. Our homes could have a little space for withdrawal and quiet, and even a small g….