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Rosemary Verey

Rosemary Verey Biography

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Rosemary Verey was an esteemed British writer known for her profound understanding of nature and gardening. Her works combined literature and visual art, profoundly influencing modern garden design.

Rosemary Verey was an esteemed British writer known for her profound understanding of nature and gardening. Her works combined literature and visual art, profoundly influencing modern garden design.

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“A garden in winter is the absolute test of the true gardener.”

Garden Tests Absolutes Winter Gardener

Author:Rosemary Verey

“Winter's palette is clear and spare, restrictive enough to curb the excesses of even the most daring gardeners.”

Enough Clear Winter Excess Daring Spares Gardener Curb Palette

Author:Rosemary Verey

“Colours change: in the morning light, red shines out bright and clear and the blues merge into their surroundings, melting into the greens; but by the evening the reds loose their piquancy, embracing a quieter tone and shifting toward the blues in the rainbow. Yellow flowers remain bright, and white ones become luminous, shining like ghostly figures against a darkening green background.”

“The stillness of the early morning scene enables me to take in and enjoy many things which pass me by during the bustle of the day. First, there are the scents, which seem even more generous with their offerings than they are in the evening.”

Firsts Seems Enjoy Morning Scene Evening Generosity Generous Stillness Offering Sunrise Scent Early Morning Bustle

Author:Rosemary Verey

“Good bones are important, so it is wise to go slowly and get your plan right before launching into a vital project.”

Important Wise Plans Projects Garden Bones Launching

Author:Rosemary Verey

“How I would love to be transported into a scented Elizabethan garden with herbs and honeysuckles, a knot garden and roses clambering over a simple arbor.”

Simple Garden Rose Culinary Herbs Knots Elizabethan Arbors

Author:Rosemary Verey

About the Author

Born: December 21, 1918
Died: May 31, 2001
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 6

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