“When I need to be precise about a plant, I use its Latin name, even if my nongardening friends sometimes look at me a little funny for using big words in a dead language - or in the kind of horticultural Esperanto that botanical names make up.” IfsNeedsLooksKindLittlesSometimesUseBigsNamesLanguagePlantLatinPreciseLook At MeEsperanto Author:Allen Lacy
“We can plant to suit the needs of the birds and other wildlife that find a haven and a habitat on our home ground, and we can understand that to do so is a moral dictate, not a personal whim.” NeedsHomeMoralHavensBirdPlantSuitsWildlifeWhimHabitat Author:Allen Lacy
“All gardeners need to know when to accept something wonderful and unexpected, taking no credit except for letting it be.” KnowsNeedsImaginationAcceptingCreativityWonderfulGardenInnovationCreditInventionUnexpectedGardener Author:Allen Lacy
“Democracy is fine in politics. It should stay there, and we need more of it. But its political virture is no reason to practice it in the garden.” NeedsShouldReasonPoliticalEvilPracticeDemocracyFineGardenNo Reason Author:Allen Lacy