Quotes on Gardens

I have always felt that the best gardens aspired to coppice and that the best woods have all the elements of the very best gardens.

I've always admired gardens. My father was a great nature lover and would always take me for walks. We lived not too far away from huge rhododendron estates and azalea estates, and when they're in bloom in England, they're just riotous.

I am always more interested in people than plants. Nature doesn't make gardens, people make gardens. And the story of a garden is always the story of a person.

I have learnt that gardens are like happiness: you cannot pursue them as an absolute thing or moment.