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“Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized.”

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Allan Armitage is a renowned horticulturist and plant scientist, born on June 1, 1946. He has made significant contributions to the fields of plant breeding and garden design, particularly in the research and promotion of ornamental plants. more

“There are many tired gardeners but I've seldom met old gardeners. I know many elderly gardeners but the majority are young at heart. Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized. The one absolute of gardeners is faith. Regardless of how bad past gardens have been, every gardener believes that next year's will be better. It is easy to age when there is nothing to believe in, nothing to hope for, gardeners, however, simply refuse to grow up.”

“Successful gardening is doing what has to be done when it has to be done the way it ought to be done whether you want to do it or not.”

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Author:Jerry Baker

“I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.”

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“Plants, like people, are social or anti-social: the good plant has to be able to live amicably with other plants in the border.”

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Author:Richardson Wright

“Plants are like people: they're all different and a little bit strange.”

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Author:John Kehoe

“In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death.”

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“It will not always be summer: build barns.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Hesiod (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Hesiod (Illustrated)

“An investigator starts research in a new field with faith, a foggy idea, and a few wild experiments. Eventually the interplay of negative and positive results guides the work. By the time the research is completed, he or she knows how it should have been started and conducted.”

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Book:Container Molecules and Their Guests

Source: Container Molecules and Their Guests

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