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Gertrude Jekyll Quotes

There is always in February some one day, at least, when one smells the yet distant, but surely coming, summer Picture Quote #1

The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies Picture Quote #1

It has taken me half a lifetime merely to find out what is best worth doing, and a good slice out of another half to puzzle out the ways of doing it Picture Quote #1

A garden is a grand teacher... above all it teaches entire trust Picture Quote #1

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust Picture Quote #1

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 in perceiving what it is well to let alone Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It is no use asking me or anyone else how to dig... Better to go and watch a man digging, and then take a spade and try to do it Picture Quote #1

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 too large nor too small, but just comfortable Picture Quote #1

To plant and maintain a flower border, with a good scheme for colour, is by no means the easy thing that is commonly supposed Picture Quote #1

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If you take any flower you please and look it over and turn it about and smell it and feel it and try to find out all its little secrets, not of flower only but of leaf, bud and stem as well, you will discover many wonderful things. This is how you make friends with plants, and very good friends you will find them to the end of our lives Picture Quote #1

I plant rosemary all over the garden, so pleasant is it to know that at every few steps one may draw the kindly branchlets through one’s hand, and have the enjoyment of their incomparable incense; and I grow it against walls, so that the sun may draw out its inexhaustible sweetness to greet me as I pass Picture Quote #1

The love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies, but grows to the enduring happiness that the love of gardening gives Picture Quote #1

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There is always in February some one day, at least, when one smells the yet distant, but surely coming, summer. (Gertrude Jekyll Quotes) The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies (Gertrude Jekyll Quotes) It has taken me half a lifetime merely to find out what is best worth doing, and a good slice out of another half to puzzle out the ways of doing it (Gertrude Jekyll Quotes) A garden is a grand teacher... above all it teaches entire trust (Gertrude Jekyll Quotes) A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust (Gertrude Jekyll Quotes) 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 in perceiving what it is well to let alone (Gertrude Jekyll Quotes) 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 (Gertrude Jekyll Quotes) 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 (Gertrude Jekyll Quotes) 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 Quotes) It is no use asking me or anyone else how to dig... Better to go and watch a man digging, and then take a spade and try to do it (Gertrude Jekyll Quotes) 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 too large nor too small, but just comfortable (Gertrude Jekyll Quotes) To plant and maintain a flower border, with a good scheme for colour, is by no means the easy thing that is commonly supposed (Gertrude Jekyll Quotes) If you take any flower you please and look it over and turn it about and smell it and feel it and try to find out all its little secrets, not of flower only but of leaf, bud and stem as well, you will discover many wonderful things. This is how you make friends with plants, and very good friends you will find them to the end of our lives (Gertrude Jekyll Quotes) I plant rosemary all over the garden, so pleasant is it to know that at every few steps one may draw the kindly branchlets through one’s hand, and have the enjoyment of their incomparable incense; and I grow it against walls, so that the sun may draw out its inexhaustible sweetness to greet me as I pass (Gertrude Jekyll Quotes) 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 Quotes)