What did Clare Leighton mean by: It is a greater act of faith to plant a bulb than to plant a tree. - Clare Leighton Artist · England Copy
Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life. - Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
Gardening is an art form, but it has lost its sense of history. - William Howard Adams Historian · USA
I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens to feed. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
Confronted with the vision of a beautiful garden, we see something beautiful about ourselves. - Jeff Cox
Our notion of what makes a paradise always returns to the image of a beautiful and fruitful garden. - Jeff Cox
We may think we are nurturing our garden, but of course it’s our garden that is really nurturing us. - Jenny Uglow
